URL to a PDF
IronPDF makes it very easy and convenient to render HTML from a variety of sources including URL. This code example shows how to get a PDF document from URL web pages on local networks and on external web servers using the PdfDocument.renderUrlAsPdf
method in Java. The method will return a PdfDocument
object which can then be exported using the saveAs
method.
PdfDocument.renderUrlAsPdf
accepts a String containing an absolute (fully formed) URL to a web page. IronPDF will retrieve the HTML content returned from an HTTP request for the URL and faithfully transform it into its PDF version. Developers can supply login credentials (username and password) that renderUrlAsPdf
can use for this HTTP request by including a ChromeHttpLoginCredentials
object as an optional, second parameter. This is useful for accessing web pages locked within a password-protected website directory. Refer to the ChromeHttpLoginCredentials Class in API Reference for more information about the ChromeHttpLoginCredentials
class.
It is really a brilliant way to download PDF from URL in Java.
Watch this video tutorial on rendering PDFs from URLs with IronPDF for additional information.
Also, see the Detailed API Reference on the ChromePdfRenderOptions
class for details on how to customize the look and feel of PDF documents midway through their conversion from HTML web pages.
How to Convert URL to PDF in Java
- Install IronPDF Java Library to Convert RTF to PDF
- Input URL to `renderUrlAsPdf` method to convert to PDF
- Perform additional PDF manipulating and editing in Java
- Specify the desired directory to `saveAs` method to export PDF
- Check the exported PDF document