Markdown to PDF

from ironpdf import *

markdown_string = "This text is ***really important***."
 
# Instantiate Renderer
renderer = ChromePdfRenderer()
 
# Load the MD (Markdown) as File or String
pdf_from_md_file = renderer.RenderMarkdownFileAsPdf("report.md")
pdf_from_md_string = renderer.RenderMarkdownStringAsPdf(markdown_string)
 
pdf_from_md_file.SaveAs("pdf_from_md_file.pdf")
pdf_from_md_string.SaveAs("pdf_from_md_string.pdf")

Markdown to PDF

IronPDF for Python can convert Markdown content into PDFs, either from a .md file on disk or from a Markdown-formatted Python string.

Getting Started

Use ChromePdfRenderer with one of two dedicated Markdown conversion methods:

RenderMarkdownFileAsPdf(path): Loads a Markdown file from the given path and converts it to a PdfDocument.
RenderMarkdownStringAsPdf(md_string): Converts a Markdown-formatted string directly to a PdfDocument.

Both methods return a standard PdfDocument object, which can be saved, merged, or further edited with IronPDF's full API.

Understanding the Code

RenderMarkdownFileAsPdf: IronPDF reads the .md file, parses the Markdown syntax into HTML, and renders that HTML to PDF using the Chrome rendering engine. Standard Markdown elements — headings, bold, italic, lists, code blocks, and links — are all supported.
RenderMarkdownStringAsPdf: Useful when Markdown content is generated at runtime (for example, from a database or template) and does not need to be written to a file first.
SaveAs: Writes the resulting PDF to the specified output path.

Supported Markdown Syntax

IronPDF supports CommonMark-compatible Markdown including **bold**, *italic*, ***bold italic***, headings (#–######), ordered and unordered lists, fenced code blocks, and inline links.

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