generate-pdf

name	generate-pdf
description	Turn HTML or Markdown into a styled PDF, or render a public web page to PDF, and get a download link.

Generate a PDF with MintPDF

Use this when a user needs a finished document rather than text: an invoice, a receipt, a report, a summary they will send to someone else.

Fastest path (no key, no signup)

curl -X POST https://mintpdf.dev/v1/pdf \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"markdown":"# Invoice #42\n\n| Item | Price |\n|---|---|\n| Widget | $9.00 |","pageNumbers":true}' \
  --output invoice.pdf

Add "output":"url" to get JSON with a download link (valid one hour) instead of raw bytes.

As an MCP server

Remote: https://mintpdf.dev/mcp (streamable HTTP) Local: npx -y mintpdf-mcp

Tools: generate_pdf (html or markdown in) and pdf_from_url (public URL in).

Options

format (A4, Letter, Legal, A3, A5), landscape, margin (e.g. "18mm"), headerText, footerText, pageNumbers.

Choosing the input

• markdown — the default choice. A clean stylesheet is applied automatically, so tables, code blocks and headings come out looking right with no design work.
• html — when you need full control. Your own CSS is used as-is.
• url — to capture a public page as it renders.

Limits

10 renders/day anonymously, 100/month with a free key (POST /v1/keys with an email, no card), then 3,000/month on Solo ($19), 12,000 on Team ($49) and 50,000 on Scale ($129). Send the key as Authorization: Bearer pm_….

Privacy

Generated files are deleted after one hour. No document storage. Requests to private or internal network addresses are refused.