PDFShift API Documentation (v3.0)

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    var jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("source", "https://example.com");
    var httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + "api:your_api_key")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonObject.toString()))
            .build();

    var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
            .build();

    var response = httpClient.send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());

    var statusCode = response.statusCode();
    if (statusCode == 200 || statusCode == 201) {
        // Save the file locally
        var targetFile = new File("src/main/resources/targetFile.pdf");
        Files.copy(response.body(), targetFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    } else {
        // error occurred
    }
}

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("source", "https://example.com");
    jsonObject.put("filename", "result.pdf");

    var httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + "your_api_key")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofFile(Paths.get("src/main/resources/body.json")))
            .build();

    var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
            .build();

    var response = httpClient.send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

    var statusCode = response.statusCode();
    if (statusCode == 200 || statusCode == 201) {
        // Response body is a json string. 
        var result = new JSONObject(response.body());
        System.out.println(result.get("url"));
    } else {
        // error occurred
    }
}

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    var jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("source", "https://httpbin.org/basic-auth/user/passwd");

    var auth = new JSONObject();
    auth.put("username", "user");
    auth.put("password", "passwd");

    jsonObject.put("auth", auth);

    var httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + "api:your_api_key")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonObject.toString()))
            .build();

    var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
            .build();

    var response = httpClient.send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());

    var statusCode = response.statusCode();
    if (statusCode == 200 || statusCode == 201) {
        // Save the file locally
        var targetFile = new File("src/main/resources/basic-auth.pdf");
        Files.copy(response.body(), targetFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    } else {
        // error occurred
    }
}

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    var jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("source", "https://httpbin.org/cookies");

    var cookie = new JSONObject();
    cookie.put("name", "session");
    cookie.put("value", "4cb496a8-a3eb-4a7e-a704-f993cb6a4dac");

    var cookies = new JSONArray();
    cookies.put(cookie);

    jsonObject.put("cookies", cookies);

    var httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + "api:your_api_key")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonObject.toString()))
            .build();

    var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
            .build();

    var response = httpClient.send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());

    var statusCode = response.statusCode();
    if (statusCode == 200 || statusCode == 201) {
        // Save the file locally
        var targetFile = new File("src/main/resources/cookies.pdf");
        Files.copy(response.body(), targetFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    } else {
        // error occurred
    }
}

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    var jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("source", "https://www.example.com");

    var footer = new JSONObject();
    footer.put("source", "<div style='font-size: 12px'>Page {{ "{{page}}" }} of {{ "{{total}}" }}</div>");
    footer.put("height", "50px");

    jsonObject.put("footer", footer);

    var httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(20))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + "api:your_api_key")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonObject.toString()))
            .build();

    var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
            .build();

    var response = httpClient.send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());

    var statusCode = response.statusCode();
    if (statusCode == 200 || statusCode == 201) {
        // Save the file locally
        var targetFile = new File("src/main/resources/footer.pdf");
        Files.copy(response.body(), targetFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    } else {
        // error occurred
    }
}

public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
    byte[] encoded = Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("src/main/resources/example.html"));
    String documentContent = new String(encoded, Charset.defaultCharset());

    var jsonObject = new JSONObject();
    jsonObject.put("source", documentContent);

    var httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf"))
            .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + "api:your_api_key")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonObject.toString()))
            .build();

    var httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder()
            .version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1)
            .build();
    var response = httpClient.send(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream());

    var statusCode = response.statusCode();
    if (statusCode == 200 || statusCode == 201) {
        // save pdf to file targetFile.pdf
        var targetFile = new File("src/main/resources/targetFile.pdf");
        Files.copy(response.body(), targetFile.toPath(), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);

        // Send pdf as email attachment
        var prop = new Properties();
        prop.put("mail.smtp.auth", true);
        prop.put("mail.smtp.starttls.enable", "true");
        prop.put("mail.smtp.host", "smtp.mailtrap.io");
        prop.put("mail.smtp.port", "25");
        prop.put("mail.smtp.ssl.trus", "smtp.mailtrap.io");

        var username = "get username from mailtrap.io";
        var password = "get password from mailtrap.io";

        var session = Session.getInstance(prop, new Authenticator() {
            @Override
            protected PasswordAuthentication getPasswordAuthentication() {
                return new PasswordAuthentication(username, password);
            }
        });

        var message = new MimeMessage(session);
        message.setFrom(new InternetAddress("[email protected]"));
        message.setRecipients(
                Message.RecipientType.TO, InternetAddress.parse("[email protected]")
        );
        message.setSubject("Mail Subject");

        var attachment = new File("src/main/resources/targetFile.pdf");

        var mimeBodyPart = new MimeBodyPart();
        mimeBodyPart.setContent("Just ignore this message", "text/plain");
        mimeBodyPart.attachFile(attachment);

        var multipart = new MimeMultipart();
        multipart.addBodyPart(mimeBodyPart);

        message.setContent(multipart);

        Transport.send(message);
    } else {
        System.out.println("Error occured");
    }
}