Generate PDFs from HTML without maintaining Chromium. Create reusable templates, send JSON from your app or workflow, and get hosted PDF and preview URLs back from a simple REST API.
Request flow
Use an existing template and pass structured JSON from your app, script, CRM, or automation tool.
Hosted rendering handles Chromium, print CSS, page sizing, fonts, and delivery infrastructure.
Store the PDF, email it, attach it to a record, or embed the preview in your product.
Free tier
5 PDFs
API style
REST
Input
HTML + JSON
Output
PDF + preview URL
API examples
Use Peedief from a server, scheduled job, webhook handler, internal tool, or automation workflow. The API returns hosted links you can pass to the next step.
curl -X POST "https://peedief.com/api/templates/by-name/invoice/pdf" \ -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{
"contextJson": {
"customerName": "Acme Studios",
"invoiceNumber": "INV-1042",
"items": [
{ "description": "PDF generation", "quantity": 1, "price": 99 }
],
"total": 99
},
"fileName": "invoice-1042.pdf"
}'const response = await fetch(
'https://peedief.com/api/templates/by-name/invoice/pdf',
{
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': process.env.PEEDIEF_API_KEY,
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
contextJson: {
customerName: 'Acme Studios',
invoiceNumber: 'INV-1042',
total: 99
},
fileName: 'invoice-1042.pdf'
})
}
);
const pdf = await response.json();
console.log(pdf.url, pdf.previewUrl);import os
import requests
response = requests.post(
"https://peedief.com/api/templates/by-name/invoice/pdf",
headers={
"x-api-key": os.environ["PEEDIEF_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={
"contextJson": {
"customerName": "Acme Studios",
"invoiceNumber": "INV-1042",
"total": 99,
},
"fileName": "invoice-1042.pdf",
},
)
pdf = response.json()
print(pdf["url"], pdf["previewUrl"])Why not Puppeteer?
Puppeteer and Playwright are powerful when you need browser automation. But HTML-to-PDF production work often turns into Docker images, missing fonts, serverless limits, timeouts, queue workers, and page-break bugs.
Peedief gives you the document workflow without the rendering infrastructure tax: templates in, JSON across the wire, PDF and preview links out.
Use cases
Peedief works best when you need the same document type generated repeatedly from fresh data.
Render line items, totals, tax details, payment terms, and branded invoice layouts from JSON.
Generate personalized certificates from course completions, events, memberships, and awards.
Turn analytics, AI outputs, CRM summaries, or scheduled data exports into polished PDF reports.
Create consistent offer letters, agreements, statements of work, and signed document packets.
Send compact proof-of-payment PDFs from checkout, billing, and internal finance workflows.
Trigger PDF generation from n8n, Make, Zapier, Airtable, forms, CRMs, and webhooks.
Comparison
Choose the tool based on what you want to own. Peedief is for teams that want document generation without running browser infrastructure.
Free HTML to PDF API tier
Start with 5 free PDF generations. Validate your template, API request, hosted PDF URL, preview URL, and downstream delivery flow before moving to a paid plan.
5 PDF generations included
Enough to test a real invoice, report, certificate, receipt, or automation workflow.
FAQ
The short version: call the REST API with template data, then use the PDF and preview URLs Peedief returns.
Yes. Peedief exposes a REST API for generating PDFs from reusable HTML/CSS templates and structured JSON data. Send an authenticated request and get PDF and preview URLs back.
Yes. Any JavaScript or Node.js app can call Peedief with fetch, axios, or your HTTP client of choice. The page examples include a Node.js request you can adapt.
Yes. Peedief is language-agnostic because it is HTTP-based. Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, Go, and backend frameworks can all call the API as long as they can send JSON over HTTPS.
Peedief replaces Puppeteer for teams that only need reliable document generation, not full browser automation. You avoid maintaining Chromium, fonts, Docker images, queue workers, and rendering retries.
Yes. Any automation tool that can send an HTTP request can generate a PDF with Peedief. That makes it useful for form submissions, CRM events, spreadsheet rows, scheduled reports, and customer notifications.
Peedief is built for print-friendly HTML/CSS templates, including page sizing, repeated data, headers, footers, and page-break-aware layouts. For advanced layouts, test your template with representative data before production use.
Generated PDFs include hosted PDF and preview URLs, so your app or workflow can store, email, embed, or pass the result to the next step. That fits webhook and automation flows well.
Yes. Peedief includes 5 free PDF generations so you can test templates, API requests, preview URLs, and your end-to-end workflow before upgrading.
Start rendering
Create your first template, send JSON, and get the PDF and preview URL back. The first 5 PDF generations are free.