URL to a PDF


import com.ironsoftware.ironpdf.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

// Apply your license key
License.setLicenseKey("YOUR-LICENSE-KEY");

// Set a log path
Settings.setLogPath(Paths.get("C:/tmp/IronPdfEngine.log"));

// Render the HTML as a PDF. Stored in myPdf as type PdfDocument;
PdfDocument myPdf = PdfDocument.renderUrlAsPdf("https://ironpdf.com");

// Save the PdfDocument to a file
myPdf.saveAs(Paths.get("url.pdf"));

mvn install

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.ironsoftware</groupId>
    <artifactId>ironpdf</artifactId>
    <version>2026.8.2</version>
</dependency>

URL to a PDF

IronPDF makes it very easy and convenient to render HTML from a variety of sources, including URLs. 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.