Use case

Report PDF API

Generate multi-page data reports as PDFs via a single API call. Full CSS support means charts, tables, and styled layouts render exactly as designed — no workarounds.

Full CSS Grid and Flexbox

Complex dashboard layouts with multiple columns, metric cards, and data tables render correctly. Chromium renders it — same as the browser.

Charts and SVGs

Render charts built with Chart.js, D3, or any SVG-based library. Screenshot-quality rendering, not a canvas export.

Multi-page with headers

Use CSS @page rules to add running headers, footers, and page numbers across multi-page reports.

Background colors and images

printBackground: true ensures background colors, gradients, and images render fully — not stripped like browser print defaults.

Template your HTML

Use any server-side template engine — Jinja2, Handlebars, Blade, ERB. Papyr receives rendered HTML and returns PDF.

Landscape format

Wide data tables and dashboards work better in landscape. Set options.landscape: true for A4 or letter landscape PDFs.

Generate a report PDF

Node.js
const html = `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 40px; color: #111; }
    h1 { font-size: 24px; border-bottom: 2px solid #eee; padding-bottom: 12px; }
    .metric { display: inline-block; width: 30%; text-align: center;
               background: #f9f9f9; border-radius: 8px; padding: 20px; margin: 8px; }
    .metric .value { font-size: 36px; font-weight: bold; color: #1a1a1a; }
    .metric .label { font-size: 13px; color: #666; margin-top: 4px; }
    table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-top: 24px; }
    th { background: #f4f4f4; text-align: left; padding: 10px 12px; font-size: 13px; }
    td { padding: 10px 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee; font-size: 14px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Q4 2025 Performance Report</h1>
  <div>
    <div class="metric">
      <div class="value">${data.revenue}</div>
      <div class="label">Total Revenue</div>
    </div>
    <div class="metric">
      <div class="value">${data.customers}</div>
      <div class="label">New Customers</div>
    </div>
    <div class="metric">
      <div class="value">${data.churnRate}</div>
      <div class="label">Churn Rate</div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <!-- More sections... -->
</body>
</html>
`;

const response = await fetch("https://api.getpapyr.dev/v1/render/pdf", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer pk_live_...",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    html,
    options: {
      format: "A4",
      landscape: false,
      margin: { top: "25mm", right: "20mm", bottom: "25mm", left: "20mm" },
      printBackground: true,
    },
  }),
});

const pdfBuffer = Buffer.from(await response.arrayBuffer());
// Save, email, or return to client
Python + Jinja2
import httpx
from jinja2 import Template

template = Template(open("report_template.html").read())
html = template.render(data=report_data)

response = httpx.post(
    "https://api.getpapyr.dev/v1/render/pdf",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer pk_live_..."},
    json={
        "html": html,
        "options": {
            "format": "A4",
            "margin": {"top": "25mm", "right": "20mm",
                       "bottom": "25mm", "left": "20mm"},
            "printBackground": True,
        },
    },
)

with open(f"report_{report_id}.pdf", "wb") as f:
    f.write(response.content)

Common report types

Business analytics reports

Monthly/quarterly KPI summaries with metric cards and trend tables for stakeholders.

Financial statements

P&L, balance sheets, and cash flow statements exported from your accounting data.

Scheduled email digests

Weekly or monthly PDF reports auto-generated and attached to email via cron job.

Client reports

Branded reports generated per-client from your SaaS platform — download on demand or auto-delivered.

Compliance documentation

Audit logs and compliance summaries exported as tamper-evident PDFs for regulatory purposes.

Data exports

Large dataset exports with pagination, rendered from your database query results.

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