Quick Start Guide
Below is a step-by-step guide to get up and running with PDFBolt's API quickly. You can also test the API instantly in Postman.
1️⃣ Sign Up and Get Your API Key
Start by signing up for an account. Once registered, you'll find your unique API key in the Admin Dashboard under the API Keys section. Every new user is automatically enrolled in our free plan, which provides 500 document conversions per month to explore PDFBolt’s features.
For more details on managing API keys, visit the Admin Dashboard API Keys section.
- Use our Postman collection and start testing API requests in seconds!
- For detailed instructions, check out our Quick Start Guide for Postman.
Click the button below to get started:
2️⃣ Set Up Authorization
Securely access PDFBolt's API by including your unique API_KEY in the headers of your REST API requests:
API_KEY: YOUR_API_KEY
3️⃣ Make Your First Request
Here’s an example of a simple curl request that converts a webpage into a PDF and saves it as example.pdf in your directory:
curl 'https://api.pdfbolt.com/v1/direct'
--header 'Content-Type: application/json'
--header 'API_KEY: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX'
--data '{
"url":"https://example.com"
}' --output example.pdf
4️⃣ Quick Start for Your Favorite Language and Postman
Ready to get started? Choose your favorite language or tool and follow our tailored step‑by‑step guides to integrate PDFBolt with ease.