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Anton Fredriksson
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Convert Markdown to PDF via API in 30 Seconds

Generating PDFs programmatically is painful. HTML-to-PDF libraries are bloated, styling is unpredictable, and you end up fighting CSS print layouts instead of building your product.

I built MarkdownPDF to fix this. Write Markdown, get a beautiful PDF back — via one API call on RapidAPI.

What MarkdownPDF Does

Send Markdown text, receive a styled PDF. That simple.

• 6 built-in themes — GitHub, Dark, Academic, Minimal, Corporate, Elegant
• Page orientation — Portrait or landscape
• Watermark-free output on Pro tier
• Fast — PDFs generated in under a second

Why Markdown Instead of HTML?

• No CSS debugging — themes handle all styling
• Portable — Markdown works everywhere
• Clean output — consistent, professional PDFs every time
• Simple integration — plain text in, PDF out

Real Use Cases

• Invoice generation — Write invoice content in Markdown, get a styled PDF
• Documentation exports — Convert README files to downloadable PDFs
• Report automation — Generate weekly reports from structured data
• Email attachments — Create professional PDF attachments on the fly
• Resume builders — Let users write in Markdown, deliver polished PDFs

6 Themes to Choose From

• GitHub — Clean, familiar developer style
• Dark — Inverted colors for modern aesthetics
• Academic — Formal, research-paper formatting
• Minimal — Ultra-clean, distraction-free
• Corporate — Professional business documents
• Elegant — Refined typography and spacing

Pricing

• Basic ($9/mo) — 5,000 requests. All themes, watermarked output.
• Pro ($19/mo) — 25,000 requests. All themes, watermark-free.

No free tier. Professional tool, professional pricing.

Get Started

MarkdownPDF on RapidAPI:
https://rapidapi.com/fredrikssonanton01/api/markdownpdf

Documentation & Examples:
https://fyrnity.com/tools

Built by Fyrnity — developer tools that just work.

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