Show HN: ThePDFApi, a Chrome Based PDF Generation API Hosted on AWS

Re:Show HN: ThePDFApi, a Chrome Based PDF Generation API Hos... by smhg on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @03:06PM (#17182068)

Simple layout and fast loading time: big plus. I think the copy could be better. Put more focus on the strengths. Don't use the link-blue color if it isn't a link.

About the PDF results: I get mobile versions of websites a lot, but I guess in normal use cases you won't even request those.

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Re:Show HN: ThePDFApi, a Chrome Based PDF Generation API Hos... by marcTPA on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @03:16PM (#17182135)

Thanks a lot for the constructive feedback. Noting them in down my priority list.

You're right, the most common use case would be that a client sends HTML instead of an URL to the endpoint. This way a PDF can be created of data that's not publicly exposed on the internet (think invoices, contracts, etc.)

I also don't store any of the data you send to the API, as to not further contribute to your GDPR nightmares.

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