Convert an HTML document to PDF from a URL in Go with Net/HTTP
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 (
"bytes"
"encoding/base64"
"encoding/json"
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"net/http"
)
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 HTTP client
client := &http.Client{}
// Create a new request
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf", bytes.NewBuffer(jsonParams))
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
return
}
// Set request headers
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
// Set basic authentication header
auth := "api:" + apiKey
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Basic "+base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(auth)))
// Perform the request
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error performing request:", err)
return
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
// Read response body
body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Error reading response body:", err)
return
}
// Check response status code
if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
fmt.Printf("Request failed with status code %d: %s\n", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
return
}
// Save the PDF document
err = ioutil.WriteFile("result.pdf", 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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