Convert an HTML document to PDF from a URL in Ruby with HttpParty

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 Ruby code.

require 'httparty'
require 'json'

# You can get an API key at https://pdfshift.io
api_key = 'sk_xxxxxxxxxxxx'

params = {
    'source' => 'https://www.example.com',
}

response = HTTParty.post(
    "https://api.pdfshift.io/v3/convert/pdf",
    body: params.to_json,
    headers: {
        'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
        'Authorization' => "Basic #{Base64.strict_encode64("api:#{api_key}")}"
    }
)

# Check for successful response
unless response.success?
    raise "Request failed with status code #{response.code}: #{response.body}"
end

# write response to a file nammed "result.pdf"
File.open('result.pdf', 'wb') { |f| f.write(response.body) }

# Print a success message
puts 'The PDF document was generated and saved to result.pdf'

With this Ruby 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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