Turn HTML into a PDF document

Give it the HTML for a page, a name for the file and an address, and run it whenever you have markup to turn into a document. The HTML is rendered as a PDF exactly as you wrote it, the finished file is downloaded, and it is emailed to you as an attachment.

You get an email with the PDF attached, its subject the file name you chose. No AI reads the HTML and nothing is summarised, reformatted or tidied up: what you put in is what comes out, styling and all, though any images or stylesheets the page links to must be reachable on the public web. The renderer hands back a short-lived download link rather than the file, so the PDF is downloaded straight away and that copy is attached. If no link comes back or the download fails, the run stops and nothing is emailed, so you never get a message claiming a PDF that is not there. A download failure is reported with the reason but never the address, because that link carries a signature.

Set htmlSource to blank.Set htmlSource to blank.

Set pdfFileName to blank.Set pdfFileName to blank.

Set sendTo to blank.Set sendTo to blank.

Trim pdfFileName and save it as fileName.Trim pdfFileName and save it as fileName.

If fileName doesn't end with .pdf (ignoring case)If fileName doesn't end with .pdf (ignoring case)

Yes

Change fileName to fileName.pdf.Change fileName to fileName.pdf.

No

No steps

PDF.coTurn HTML into a PDF. Save it as rendered.Turn HTML into a PDF. Save it as rendered. File name: fileNamehtmlSource

Trim rendered.url and save it as pdfUrl.Trim rendered.url and save it as pdfUrl.

If pdfUrl doesn't start with https://If pdfUrl doesn't start with https://

Yes

Stop and report a problem: The HTML was sent for rendering but no PDF download link came back, so nothing was emailed. Check the HTML and try again.Stop and report a problem: The HTML was sent for rendering but no PDF download link came back, so nothing was emailed. Check the HTML and try again.

No

No steps

Set fetched to blank.Set fetched to blank.

Set downloadProblem to blank.Set downloadProblem to blank.

If a step below fails, save the error as downloadErrorIf a step below fails, save the error as downloadError

Try

Fetch pdfUrl and save it as fetched.Fetch pdfUrl and save it as fetched.

On error

Trim downloadError.message and save it as rawReason.Trim downloadError.message and save it as rawReason.

Replace pdfUrl with the PDF download address in rawReason and save it as safeReason.Replace pdfUrl with the PDF download address in rawReason and save it as safeReason.

If safeReason contains ://If safeReason contains ://

Yes

Change downloadProblem to the finished PDF could not be downloaded.Change downloadProblem to the finished PDF could not be downloaded.

No

Change downloadProblem to safeReason.Change downloadProblem to safeReason.

If downloadProblem is empty and fetched.ok isn't yesIf downloadProblem is empty and fetched.ok isn't yes

Yes

Change downloadProblem to the renderer answered with status fetched.status.Change downloadProblem to the renderer answered with status fetched.status.

No

No steps

If downloadProblem isn't emptyIf downloadProblem isn't empty

Yes

Stop and report a problem: The PDF was rendered but could not be downloaded, so nothing was emailed: downloadProblem.Stop and report a problem: The PDF was rendered but could not be downloaded, so nothing was emailed: downloadProblem.

No

No steps

Trim fetched.body.documents[0].document_ref and save it as documentRef.Trim fetched.body.documents[0].document_ref and save it as documentRef.

If documentRef doesn't start with doc_If documentRef doesn't start with doc_

Yes

Stop and report a problem: The download did not produce a file, so nothing was emailed. Try running it again.Stop and report a problem: The download did not produce a file, so nothing was emailed. Try running it again.

No

No steps

GmailSend an email to sendTo.Send an email to sendTo. Subject: fileNameAttached is fileName, rendered from the HTML in this workflow's 'htmlSource' step. The markup was converted as written - nothing in it was rewritten or summarised.

Show in the output: Emailed fileName.Show in the output: Emailed fileName.