Convert an HTML document to PDF from a URL in PHP with Guzzle
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 PHP code.
use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
# You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
$api_key = 'sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx'
$params = array (
'source' => 'https://www.example.com',
)
// Create a Guzzle client
$client = new Client();
try {
// Make the POST request
$response = $client->post('https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf', [
'headers' => [
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode('api:' . $api_key)
],
'json' => $params
]);
// Get the response body
$body = $response->getBody()->getContents();
// Save the file to result.pdf
file_put_contents('result.pdf', $body);
echo 'The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf';
} catch (RequestException $e) {
if ($e->hasResponse()) {
$statusCode = $e->getResponse()->getStatusCode();
$reasonPhrase = $e->getResponse()->getReasonPhrase();
throw new Exception("Request failed with status code $statusCode: $reasonPhrase");
} else {
throw new Exception("Request failed: " . $e->getMessage());
}
}
With this PHP script, you can effortlessly convert HTML documents from a URL to PDF files using PDFShift's API. Happy coding!
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