url-to-pdf

url-to-pdf

Turn any public web page into a PDF, a full-page screenshot, or clean Markdown — with one API key.

No browser farm to run, no headless Chrome to babysit. url-to-pdf renders pages on Cloudflare's infrastructure and hands you a download link. Use it from any MCP-compatible AI client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, and friends) by just talking, or call the HTTP API directly from your scripts.

Why you'll like it

• Four outputs, one key. PDF (A4 / Letter / Legal, portrait or landscape), full-page PNG/JPEG screenshots, clean Markdown (navigation stripped out), and structured JSON (title, description, canonical URL, language, main text, links).
• Your assistant actually sees the result. Small outputs (≤1 MB) are returned inline — screenshots come back as images the model can look at, not just a link it has to read out loud.
• Every render comes with a receipt. Final URL after redirects, HTTP status, capture time, duration, byte size and a SHA-256 of the artifact, so a result can be quoted and verified later.
• Just talk to it. Connect it as an MCP server and say *"turn https://example.com into a PDF"* — your client does the rest. No curl, no JSON to hand-write.
• Also a plain HTTP API. Every tool is a single POST with your x-api-key. Great for scripts, backends, and low-code platforms.
• Mobile, retina and dark mode. Set any viewport (320–3840 × 240–2160), device pixel ratio up to 3, and render with prefers-color-scheme: dark.
• SSRF-protected. Only public http(s) URLs are accepted; internal and reserved addresses are rejected at the edge.
• Private by design. Outputs are kept for 1 hour then auto-deleted. We never see your card (Paddle handles payments) and your email is used only to recover your key.

Get your API key

1. Go to [url-pdf.hammbox.com/buy](https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/buy) and complete checkout (Paddle — major credit cards).
2. Your key appears on screen the moment payment completes. Copy it and keep it safe.
3. Lost it? Recover it anytime at [/portal/claim](https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/portal/claim) with the email you used at checkout. No password, no support ticket.

Use it as an MCP server (recommended for AI clients)

Add url-to-pdf to your client's MCP configuration. With Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any client that supports Streamable HTTP:

{

"mcpServers": { "url-to-pdf": { "type": "http", "url": "https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/mcp", "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" } } } }

That's it — no local install. Then just ask your assistant in natural language:

*"Convert https://news.ycombinator.com to a PDF and give me the download link."*

The client calls the tool, passes your key, and shows you the result.

Use it as an HTTP API (for scripts & backends)

Every render is a POST to a /tools/* endpoint with your key in the header.

# Web page → PDF

curl -X POST https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/tools/url-to-pdf \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -d '{"url":"https://example.com","format":"A4"}'

Full-page screenshot

curl -X POST https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/tools/url-to-screenshot \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -d '{"url":"https://example.com","fullPage":true,"format":"png"}'

Extract Markdown

curl -X POST https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/tools/url-to-markdown \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -d '{"url":"https://example.com"}'

Structured data as JSON

curl -X POST https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/tools/url-to-extract \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -d '{"url":"https://example.com","maxLinks":50}'

Mobile screenshot, retina, dark mode

curl -X POST https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/tools/url-to-screenshot \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -d '{"url":"https://example.com","width":390,"height":844,"deviceScaleFactor":2,"darkMode":true,"blockAds":true}'

The response includes a downloadUrl valid for 1 hour:

{

"downloadUrl": "https://url-pdf.hammbox.com/f/pdf/ .pdf", "contentType": "application/pdf", "sizeBytes": 456494, "title": "Example Domain", "ttlSeconds": 3600, "meta": { "format": "A4", "landscape": false }, "receipt": { "renderId": " ", "url": "https://example.com", "finalUrl": "https://example.com/", "capturedAt": "2026-10-09T06:20:11.482Z", "durationMs": 2140, "bytes": 456494, "sha256": "9f2c…", "format": "pdf", "httpStatus": 200 } }

Over MCP, artifacts of 1 MB or less are additionally returned inline next to the JSON above — as an image content block for screenshots, or an embedded resource for PDF / Markdown / JSON.

curl -O "<downloadUrl>"

Tools & parameters

`url_to_pdf` — url *(required)*, format (A4 / Letter / Legal, default A4), landscape, printBackground, scale (0.1–2), margin, preferCssPageSize.

`url_to_screenshot` — url *(required)*, fullPage (default true), format (png / jpeg), quality (0–1), selector (capture one element), clip ("x,y,width,height").

`url_to_markdown` — url *(required)*, removeSelectors (e.g. ["nav",".ads","footer"]), keepImages.

`url_to_extract` — url *(required)*, maxTextChars (500–200000, default 20000), maxLinks (0–500, default 100).

Options available on every render tool

Pricing

$5 / month — one subscription, one API key, all four render tools included. Billed and managed by Paddle (our Merchant of Record); cancel anytime from your Paddle customer portal.

Fair-use note: rendering runs on Cloudflare Browser Rendering. Under the free tier, a short burst of heavy concurrent load may be briefly rate-limited (HTTP 429) — just retry in a few seconds.

Links

• Live demo: [url-pdf.hammbox.com](https://url-pdf.hammbox.com)
• Privacy Policy · Refund Policy · Terms of Service (linked from the site footer)
• Contact: feedback@hammbox.com

License

MIT