# Web2PDF (`moving_beacon-owner1/url-to-pdf`) Actor Convert any web page into a polished, high-quality PDF. This actor takes one or more URLs, renders them (including JavaScript-heavy pages), and exports them into clean, printable PDFs with consistent layout and typography. - **URL**: https://apify.com/moving\_beacon-owner1/url-to-pdf.md - **Developed by:** [Jamshaid Arif](https://apify.com/moving_beacon-owner1) (community) - **Categories:** AI, Automation, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $10.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## ๐ŸŒ Web to PDF โ€” Apify Actor Convert any web page into a polished, high-quality PDF. This actor takes one or more URLs, renders them (including JavaScript-heavy pages), and exports them into clean, printable PDFs with consistent layout and typography. --- ### โœจ Features - ๐Ÿงพ **Clean PDF Layout** - A4 format - Cover page (title + domain) - Page numbers and running headers - ๐Ÿง  **Smart Content Handling** - Detects structured pages (e.g. conversations, articles) - Preserves headings, paragraphs, tables, and code blocks - ๐ŸŒ **Works with Any Website** - Supports static HTML and modern JS-heavy (SPA) websites - ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ **Headless Browser Rendering** - Uses Playwright (Chromium) for accurate page rendering - Automatically enabled for dynamic websites - Can be forced via input option - ๐Ÿ”ค **Self-contained Typography** - Fonts included in build: - Inter - Source Serif 4 - JetBrains Mono - KaTeX support for math rendering - Fully offline and deterministic output --- ### ๐Ÿ“ฅ Input | Field | Type | Required | Default | Description | |--------------------|----------|----------|---------------|------------| | `urls` | array | โœ… Yes | โ€” | List of URLs to convert | | `forceBrowser` | boolean | โŒ No | `false` | Force rendering with headless browser | | `filenameTemplate` | string | โŒ No | `{title}` | Output filename template | #### Example Input ```json { "urls": [ { "url": "https://example.com" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF" } ], "forceBrowser": false, "filenameTemplate": "{title}_{domain}" } ```` *** ### ๐Ÿ“ค Output Each generated PDF is: - Stored in the **default key-value store** - Logged in the **default dataset** #### Example Output ```json { "url": "https://example.com", "title": "Example Domain", "kind": "web", "key": "Example_Domain.pdf", "sizeKb": 412, "pdfUrl": "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores//records/Example_Domain.pdf" } ``` *** ### ๐Ÿงฉ Filename Template You can customize output file names using: - `{title}` โ†’ Page title - `{domain}` โ†’ Website domain #### Example ``` "{title}_{domain}" ``` Output: ``` Example_Domain_example.com.pdf ``` *** ### โš™๏ธ How It Works 1. Loads each URL 2. Detects if JavaScript rendering is needed 3. Renders page using Chromium (if required) 4. Extracts structured content 5. Applies clean PDF layout 6. Generates and stores PDF *** ### ๐Ÿš€ Use Cases - Save articles for offline reading - Archive web pages - Convert documentation into PDFs - Generate printable reports - Export structured web content # Actor input Schema ## `urls` (type: `array`): List of URLs. Both regular pages and ChatGPT share URLs (https://chatgpt.com/share/...) are supported. ## `forceBrowser` (type: `boolean`): Render every URL with headless Chromium (Playwright). Enable this if a page needs JavaScript to display its content. ChatGPT URLs use the browser automatically. ## `filenameTemplate` (type: `string`): Used when saving each PDF to the key-value store. Placeholders: {title}, {domain}. Non-alphanumeric characters are replaced with underscores. Example: "{title}\_{domain}". ## Actor input object example ```json { "urls": [ { "url": "https://chatgpt.com/share/abc-example" } ], "forceBrowser": false, "filenameTemplate": "{title}" } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "urls": [ { "url": "https://chatgpt.com/share/abc-example" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/url-to-pdf").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "urls": [{ "url": "https://chatgpt.com/share/abc-example" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("moving_beacon-owner1/url-to-pdf").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("๐Ÿ’พ Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # ๐Ÿ“š Want to learn more ๐Ÿ“–? Go to โ†’ https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "urls": [ { "url": "https://chatgpt.com/share/abc-example" } ] }' | apify call moving_beacon-owner1/url-to-pdf --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=moving_beacon-owner1/url-to-pdf", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Web2PDF", "description": "Convert any web page into a polished, high-quality PDF.\n\nThis actor takes one or more URLs, renders them (including JavaScript-heavy pages), and exports them into clean, printable PDFs with consistent layout and typography.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "bihDGMqZDf2usMQuG" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~url-to-pdf/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-moving_beacon-owner1-url-to-pdf", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~url-to-pdf/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-url-to-pdf", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/moving_beacon-owner1~url-to-pdf/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-moving_beacon-owner1-url-to-pdf", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "urls" ], "properties": { "urls": { "title": "URLs to convert", "type": "array", "description": "List of URLs. Both regular pages and ChatGPT share URLs (https://chatgpt.com/share/...) are supported.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "forceBrowser": { "title": "Force headless browser", "type": "boolean", "description": "Render every URL with headless Chromium (Playwright). Enable this if a page needs JavaScript to display its content. ChatGPT URLs use the browser automatically.", "default": false }, "filenameTemplate": { "title": "Filename template", "type": "string", "description": "Used when saving each PDF to the key-value store. Placeholders: {title}, {domain}. Non-alphanumeric characters are replaced with underscores. Example: \"{title}_{domain}\".", "default": "{title}" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```