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Convert an HTML document to PDF from a URL in Go with Go-Resty

In this guide, we'll show you how to convert HTML documents to PDFs using PDFShift's API. This is a straightforward process that can be accomplished with just a few lines of Go code.

package main

import (
    "encoding/base64"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
)

func main() {
    // You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
    apiKey := "sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx"

    params := map[string]interface{}{
        "source":            "https://www.exemple.com",
    }

    // Marshal the parameters into JSON
    jsonParams, err := json.Marshal(params)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error marshaling JSON:", err)
        return
    }
    // Create a new Resty client
    client := resty.New()

    // Perform the request
    resp, err := client.R().
        SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
        SetBasicAuth("api", apiKey).
        SetBody(jsonParams).
        Post("https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf")

    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error performing request:", err)
        return
    }

    // Check response status code
    if resp.StatusCode() >= 400 {
        fmt.Printf("Request failed with status code %d: %s\n", resp.StatusCode(), string(resp.Body()))
        return
    }

    // Save the PDF document
    err = ioutil.WriteFile("result.pdf", resp.Body(), 0644)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error saving PDF document:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf")
}

With this Go script, you can effortlessly convert HTML documents from a URL to PDF files using PDFShift's API. Happy coding!

For further details on the source property and its usage, please refer to our dedicated documentation.

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