Re:Show HN: ThePDFApi, a Chrome Based PDF Generation API Hos...
by marcTPA on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @05:13AM
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Interesting idea, I've been planning to build a save as PDF extension around it as a case study.
Combining the PDF functionality together with an email function sure is interesting, gonna think this over a bit more. Thanks!
This workflow is a common one, and really frustrating: "Print -> Save as PDF -> choose location on disk/google drive/dropbox-> Save -> switch to email -> compose email -> enter email address -> enter subject -> add attachment -> navigate to saved location (if I can remember it) -> Send".
You could even add a premium feature that would hit a URL on a schedule, to automate report sending to managers (e.g. of Yahoo Ads or any other platform with similarly terrible reporting).
My manager and I at my old place of work used to spend 1-3 hours/month, times however many people had access to his credit card for their subscriptions.