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HTML to PDF Overview

The HTML-to-PDF converter is a Blazor library for converting webpages, SVG, MHTML, and HTML files to PDF using C#. It uses popular rendering engines such as Blink (Google Chrome) and WebKit. It is reliable and accurate. The result preserves all graphics, images, text, fonts, and the layout of the original HTML document or webpage.

Our HTML-to-PDF converter will work seamlessly in various platforms like Azure Cloud or web apps, Azure Functions, Amazon Web Service (AWS), Docker, WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core with Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

Overview of HTML to PDF for Blazor


The Blazor HTML-to-PDF converter with Blink engine allows you to convert HTML file, HTML string, URL, ASPX, Razor, MVC View to PDF with just a few lines of code.

using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using Syncfusion.HtmlConverter;

HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.Blink);
BlinkConverterSettings blinkConverterSettings = new BlinkConverterSettings();
//Set the BlinkBinaries folder path and assign Blink converter settings to HTML converter.
blinkConverterSettings.BlinkPath = @"/BlinkBinaries/";
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = blinkConverterSettings;
//Convert URL to PDF and save the PDF document. 
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert("https://www.google.com");
//Save and closes the PDF document.
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
document.Save(stream);
document.Close(true);
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf
Imports Syncfusion.HtmlConverter

'Initialize the HTML to PDF converter with Blink rendering engine
Dim htmlConverter As HtmlToPdfConverter = New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.Blink)
Dim blinkConverterSettings As BlinkConverterSettings = New BlinkConverterSettings()
'Set the BlinkBinaries folder path and assign Blink converter settings to HTML converter.
blinkConverterSettings.BlinkPath = "/BlinkBinaries/"
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = blinkConverterSettings
'Convert URL to PDF and save the PDF document. 
Dim document As PdfDocument = htmlConverter.Convert("https://www.google.com")
'Save and closes the PDF document.
Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
document.Save(stream)
document.Close(True)

Convert HTML to PDF using WebKit rendering engine

The Blazor HTML-to-PDF converter with WebKit engine allows you to convert HTML file, HTML string, URL, ASPX, Razor, MVC View to PDF with just a few lines of code.

using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using Syncfusion.HtmlConverter;
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);

WebKitConverterSettings settings = new WebKitConverterSettings();
//Set the WebKit path and assign WebKit settings to the HTML converter.
settings.WebKitPath = @"/QtBinaries/";
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = settings;
//Convert URL to PDF and aave and close the PDF document. 
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert("https://www.google.com");
//Save and closes the PDF document.
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
document.Save(stream);
document.Close(true);
Imports Syncfusion.Pdf
Imports Syncfusion.HtmlConverter

'Initialize the HTML to PDF converter 
Dim htmlConverter As New HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit)
Dim settings As New WebKitConverterSettings()
'Set WebKit path and assign WebKit settings to the HTML converter.
settings.WebKitPath = "/QtBinaries/"
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = settings
'Convert URL to PDF and save the PDF document.
Dim document As PdfDocument = htmlConverter.Convert("https://www.google.com")
'Save and closes the PDF document.
Dim stream As MemoryStream = New MemoryStream()
document.Save(stream)
document.Close(True)

General information

Powerful and comprehensive API

The comprehensive API makes it possible to convert richly formatted HTML strings or webpages to PDF.

Blazing-fast performance

Optimized for usage in a server environment where speed and low memory usage are critical.

Fully documented

The Blazor HTML-to-PDF converter includes extensive documentation, a knowledge base, and samples.


HTML-to-PDF conversion

Convert HTML to PDF files in CSharp.NET

Convert HTML to PDF files in C

The Blazor HTML-to-PDF converter allows you to convert URLs, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, and HTML to PDF with just five lines of C# code.

Partial webpage HTML to PDF in Blazor

Partial webpage to PDF

A part of a webpage can be converted to PDF based on the HTML tag ID.

Preserves format when converting HTML to PDF in Blazor

Preserves format

The PDF will look just like the webpage you converted. It preserves all graphics, images, text, fonts, links, and the layout of the original HTML document or webpage.

JavaScript execution in converting HTML to PDF.

JavaScript execution

HTML can be converted to PDF with or without JavaScript execution during conversion.


Hyperlink toggle in converting HTML to PDF in Blazor

Hyperlinks can be toggled when converting HTML to PDF documents.

Converting HTML form to PDF form in Blazor

HTML form to PDF form

Convert an HTML form to a PDF form and preserve its exact position, size, and appearance. In addition, preserve the values of the HTML form fields.

Bookmarks created on converting HTML to PDF in Blazor

Bookmarks

Bookmarks are created automatically in a PDF document based on the HTML heading tags from <h1> to <h6>.

Table of contents created on converting HTML to PDF in Blazor

Table of contents

A table of contents will be created automatically in a PDF document based on the HTML heading tags from <h1> to <h6> with default styles. You can also apply custom styles to the table of contents.


Converting Windows authentication HTML page to PDF.

Windows authentication

Windows-authenticated webpages can be converted to PDF with a username and password in the converter.

Converting form authentication HTML page to PDF.

Form authentication

Form-authenticated webpages can be converted to PDF by using cookies in the converter settings.

Converting token-based authentication HTML page to PDF.

Token-based authentication

Token-based authenticated webpages can be converted to PDF by using bearer tokens in the converter’s HTTP request header.

HTML to PDF converter supporting media types.

Media type

The Blazor HTML-to-PDF converter supports both screen and print media types in conversion using C#.


Viewport customization on converting HTML to PDF.

Viewport customization

Convert HTML to PDF based on your desired viewport size.

Proxy setting available in HTML-to-PDF converter.

Proxy

System and manual proxy settings are available to convert HTML to PDF using C#.

Offline conversion support in HTML-to-PDF converter.

Offline conversion

Convert HTML to PDF with the available offline data by ignoring the online resources.

SVG to PDF support in HTML-to-PDF converter in Blazor

SVG to PDF

SVG files or SVG elements in HTML can also be converted to PDF.



Feature Comparison

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Feature WebKit Blink
Convert a webpage to PDF in C#
Convert HTML string to PDF in C#
Convert partial webpage to PDF
Toggle JavaScript execution during conversion
Hyperlinks
Page breaks
Handle text and images split across pages
Header and footer
Repeat HTML table header/footer Works only with print media
Viewport
HTML5/CSS3
Windows authentication
Form authentication
Token-based authentication
Offline conversion
Additional delay
Auto create bookmarks
Auto create table of contents
Print media type
HTML form to PDF form
HTTP get and post
System proxy
Manual proxy
HTML to single PDF page
Layout result (height of HTML content)
Window status
HTML to image
HTML to SVG
HTML to MHTML
SVG to PDF
Page settings
Document protection
ActiveX plugin
Watermarks
Supported cloud platforms
Azure App Services Works in Azure App Service on Linux
Azure Functions Works in Azure Function on Linux
Azure Cloud Services
Azure Web APP for Containers
Amazon Container Services (ECS)
AWS Lambda

Awards

Greatness—it’s one thing to say you have it, but it means more when others recognize it. Syncfusion is proud to hold the following industry awards.

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