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Prathamesh Deshmukh
Prathamesh Deshmukh

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Convert Any HTML to a Branded PDF Using Templify’s API

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🧾 Convert Any HTML to a Branded PDF Using Templify’s API

TL;DR:

Stop wrestling with Puppeteer and CSS quirks. With Templify, you can turn any HTML (with your brand styling) into a high-quality PDF in a few lines of code — all via a developer-friendly API.

Why This Problem Exists

If you’ve ever tried to generate PDFs programmatically, you’ve probably faced one of these:

  • Fonts or images breaking between pages
  • Headless browser setup nightmares
  • Inconsistent rendering across environments
  • Manual branding updates that break existing layouts

Templify was built to end that pain — combining a powerful rendering engine with a no-code template editor and clean REST API.

What Is Templify?

Templify is an API-first + visual platform to convert HTML into PDF, PNG, or other formats.

You can:

  • Upload or edit templates visually (using GrapesJS Studio)
  • Inject dynamic data via variables or JSON
  • Render high-fidelity PDFs through a simple API call

Think of it as “Puppeteer meets Canva meets API.”

🧱 How It Works

At its core, Templify uses a simple POST request:

POST https://api.templify.cloud/convert
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With your HTML and optional data payload:

curl -X POST https://api.templify.cloud/convert \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "html": "<h1>Hello {{name}}</h1><p>Welcome to {{company}}</p>",
    "data": {
      "name": "Alex",
      "company": "Templify"
    },
    "output": {
      "format": "pdf"
    }
  }' --output output.pdf
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✅ That’s it — your HTML instantly becomes a branded PDF.

🎨 Add Branding, Fonts, and Styles

Since Templify accepts raw HTML + CSS, you can easily embed your brand identity:

body {
font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
color: #222;
}
.header {
background: #2b2bff;
color: white;
padding: 16px;
}

{{company}} Invoice

Customer: {{name}}

When rendered, your output PDF retains:

  • Fonts and brand colors
  • Page margins and layouts
  • Images, logos, and even charts

No Chrome setup. No CSS hacks. Just clean output every time.

Bonus: Use Pre-Designed Templates

If you don’t want to write HTML manually, log into the Templify Dashboard
→ create a new template visually, and just reference its ID in your API call:

POST https://api.templify.cloud/convert/TEMPLATE_ID

Templify will inject your dynamic data into that template and return the branded PDF instantly.

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