Markdown to PDF converter

What the Markdown can hold

• Headings, paragraphs, bold, italics, links and images from public URLs.
• Tables, fenced code blocks, footnotes and definition lists (Markdown Extra).
• Nested lists and block quotes.
• Raw HTML where Markdown runs out, such as a <div style="break-before: page"> to start a new page.

It suits READMEs, meeting notes, reports and answers from ChatGPT or Claude. Choose Media: Print to keep tables, code blocks and quotes whole across page breaks where they fit.

Generate PDFs from Markdown in code

Send the Markdown as markdown to the PDF API and the response is the file, with the same styling as this tool:

curl https://shotlane.dev/v1/pdf \
  -H "X-API-Key: $SHOTLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"markdown": "# Report\n\n| Item | Total |\n|---|---|\n| A | 12 |", "paper": "A4"}' \
  -o report.pdf

import os
from shotlane import Shotlane

sl = Shotlane(os.environ["SHOTLANE_API_KEY"])
md = "# Report\n\n| Item | Total |\n|---|---|\n| A | 12 |"
pdf = sl.pdf(markdown=md, paper="A4")
open("report.pdf", "wb").write(pdf)

import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import { Shotlane } from "./shotlane.mjs";

const sl = new Shotlane(process.env.SHOTLANE_API_KEY);
const markdown = "# Report\n\n| Item | Total |\n|---|---|\n| A | 12 |";
const pdf = await sl.pdf({ markdown }, { paper: "A4" });
await writeFile("report.pdf", pdf);

Page numbers, headers and footers are in the PDF docs. For your own layout, start from HTML with the HTML to PDF tool.