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Convert Markdown to PDF via API in 30 Seconds

Tired of writing complex HTML or wrestling with PDF libraries? MarkdownPDF turns plain Markdown into beautifully styled PDFs in a single API call.

Perfect for invoices, reports, documentation, receipts, and newsletters — no design skills required.

What MarkdownPDF Does

Send Markdown → get a professional PDF back. That's it.

  • Zero setup — no libraries, no headless browsers
  • 6 built-in themes — pick one and you're done
  • Fast — PDFs generated in under 2 seconds
  • Stateless — your content is never stored

Why Markdown Instead of HTML?

Writing HTML for PDFs is painful. CSS for print is worse. Markdown is:

  • Readable — your team can edit it without training
  • Version-control friendly — clean diffs in Git
  • Portable — works everywhere, breaks nowhere

Quick Example

A single POST request to https://markdownpdf.p.rapidapi.com/markdownpdf with your markdown, a theme (professional, modern, classic, minimal, elegant, or technical), and page size (A4 or Letter) returns a ready-to-download PDF.

Full code example with fetch, axios, Python and cURL is available in the Code Snippets tab on the RapidAPI page — copy-paste ready.

Real Use Cases

  • 📄 Invoices & receipts — auto-generate from order data
  • 📊 Reports — turn analytics into shareable PDFs
  • 📚 Documentation — convert docs to downloadable guides
  • 📧 Newsletters — archive emails as PDF attachments
  • 🎓 Certificates — generate course completions on demand

6 Themes to Choose From

  • Professional — clean, corporate look
  • Modern — minimal with bold headers
  • Classic — timeless serif typography
  • Minimal — pure focus on content
  • Elegant — refined, premium feel
  • Technical — perfect for docs and code

Pricing

  • Free — 20 PDFs/month. Test all 6 themes, no credit card.
  • PRO ($29/mo) — 50,000 PDFs. Production volume.
  • ULTRA ($99/mo) — 250,000 PDFs. High-volume pipelines.

Start free, upgrade when you scale.

Get Started

Markdown in. PDF out. No drama.

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

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