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Founder, ExportToPDF

<p>Puppeteer isn&#8217;t a PDF tool. It&#8217;s a browser automation tool that happens to have a <code>.pdf()</code> method. That distinction matters enormously when you&#8217;re running at scale.</p>
<h2>Why Puppeteer fails in production</h2>
<p>Here&#8217;s what actually happens in production environments:</p>
<ul>
<li>Memory leaks you can&#8217;t reproduce locally — Chromium eats RAM under sustained load</li>
<li>Flaky rendering across server restarts — fonts missing, CSS not loading</li>
<li>Browser processes hanging on shutdown — you end up with zombie Chromium instances</li>
<li>Slow cold starts — spawning a headless browser adds 500ms–2s to every request</li>
</ul>
<h2>The alternative</h2>
<p>The ExportToPDF API was designed for this exact problem. You design your template visually, POST your data, and get a pixel-perfect PDF back in under 100ms. No browser, no infra headache, no layout surprises.</p>
<pre><code>from exporttopdf import ExportToPDF

client = ExportToPDF(api_key="sk_live_...")
doc = client.documents.generate(
    template_id="tpl_8xk2p",
    data={"name": "Acme Corp", "invoiceNumber": "INV-041"}
)
print(doc.download_url)</code></pre>
<p>Three lines of Python. That&#8217;s it.</p>


Stop using Puppeteer for PDF generation. Here&#8217;s what to do instead.


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PDF generation, done right.

Stop using Puppeteer for PDF generation. Here’s what to do instead.

Hello world!

PDF generation, done right.

Stop using Puppeteer for PDF generation. Here&#8217;s what to do instead.

Hello world!

Stop using Puppeteer for PDF generation. Here’s what to do instead.