Quickstart — first PDF in 60 seconds

Render a real PDF without writing a single line of template code. No credit card.

✦ Speedrun: average new user reaches their first 200 OK in 47 seconds.

① Sign up — `~20s`

Go to app.airpdf.io/auth/register-tenant, choose a workspace code (lowercase, e.g. acme), confirm by email.

You land on https://app.airpdf.io/<code>/app.

② Pick a starter template — `~10s`

In the backoffice → Templates → ✦ Browse starters → click Use this template on Invoice (or any other).

We bootstrap a fully-working template with example variables. Editable later — but you don’t need to touch it now.

Skip this step if you’d rather build from scratch — + New blank works too. The starter just gives you a sane default in 1 click.

③ Generate a test API key — `~10s`

Backoffice → API Keys → + New key → choose test environment → copy the airpdf_test_… token (shown once).

Test renders are free, unlimited, and never count against your quota — perfect for cutover.

④ Render your first PDF — `~10s`

export airpdf_KEY=airpdf_test_...
export airpdf_TEMPLATE=invoice-xxxxxx   # the slug shown after creation

curl -X POST https://api.airpdf.io/api/v1/render \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $airpdf_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "'"$airpdf_TEMPLATE"'",
    "data": {
      "customer": { "name": "Acme Inc.", "address": "123 Market St", "vat": "IT01234567890" },
      "invoice":  { "number": "2026-0042", "date": "2026-05-07" },
      "items":    [{ "label": "Pro plan", "qty": 1, "amount": 99 }],
      "totals":   { "amount": "$99.00" }
    }
  }' \
  -o invoice.pdf

open invoice.pdf

Expected: 200 OK · application/pdf · ~5 KB · <500 ms. You’re done.

What you just did

Created a multi-tenant workspace.
Bootstrapped a real template from a curated starter.
Issued a test API key.
Rendered a PDF via REST in production.

Total time: about one minute.

Same call, in your language

// Node.js
import Airpdf from '@airpdf/sdk';
import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';

const client = new Airpdf({ apiKey: process.env.AIRPDF_API_KEY! });
const result = await client.render({
  template: 'invoice-xxxxxx',
  data: { customer: { name: 'Acme Inc.' }, items: [{ label: 'Pro plan', amount: 99 }] },
});
if (result.kind === 'binary') await writeFile('invoice.pdf', result.pdf);

# Python
from airpdf import Airpdf
import os

client = Airpdf(api_key=os.environ["AIRPDF_API_KEY"])
pdf = client.render(
    template="invoice-xxxxxx",
    data={"customer": {"name": "Acme Inc."}, "items": [{"label": "Pro plan", "amount": 99}]},
)
open("invoice.pdf", "wb").write(pdf)

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Next steps

🎨 Customise your template — drag-drop editor, variables, JSON Schema
🔁 Async rendering + webhooks — for big reports, batch jobs
☁️ Bring your own S3 bucket — keep PDFs inside your perimeter
🔑 Promote test key → live — and start counting against quota
💰 Pricing — Free includes 50 PDFs / month forever

Stuck?

Email hello@airpdf.io — we reply same day. Or jump in our docs.

Welcome to Airpdf 🚀

Quickstart — first PDF in 60 seconds

① Sign up — ~20s

② Pick a starter template — ~10s

③ Generate a test API key — ~10s

④ Render your first PDF — ~10s