Api2pdf MCP Server

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Api2pdf is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 16 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.

MCP server for Api2Pdf — generate PDFs & images from HTML, URLs or office files; merge, barcodes.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 8%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

Tools

read from the server

174 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 1 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Api2pdf every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add api2pdf --transport http https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api2pdf": {
      "url": "https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.api2pdf]
url = "https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api2pdf": {
      "url": "https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "api2pdf": {
      "url": "https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 16

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

api2pdf

api2pdf_add_password

Encrypt an existing PDF (given as a URL) with a user password (required to open) and an optional owner password (controls permissions). Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /pdfsharp/password.

api2pdf_compress_pdf

Compress an existing PDF (given as a URL) to reduce its file size. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /pdfsharp/compress.

api2pdf_convert_to_markdown

Convert a document or file (given as a URL — PDF, Office docs, and more) to Markdown text via MarkItDown. Great for feeding a document's contents back to an agent. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /markitdown.

api2pdf_delete_file

Delete a previously generated file by its ResponseId (the `ResponseId` returned in a generation response). Api2Pdf API: DELETE /file/{ResponseId}.

api2pdf_extract_pages

Extract a range of pages from an existing PDF (given as a URL) into a new PDF. `start`/`end` are 0-based page indices; omit `end` to extract a single page. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /pdfsharp/extract-pages.

api2pdf_generate_barcode

Generate a barcode or QR code image. `format` is the symbology (e.g. 'QRCode', 'Code128', 'PDF417', 'DataMatrix') and `value` is the string to encode. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h) by default, or base64 with output_binary:true. BILLED. Api2Pdf API: GET /zebra.

api2pdf_get_balance

Return the remaining balance / usage for the configured Api2Pdf account. Api2Pdf API: GET /balance.

api2pdf_get_status

Return the current Api2Pdf service / health status. Api2Pdf API: GET /status.

api2pdf_html_to_image

Render an HTML string to an image using headless Chrome. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h) by default, or base64 bytes with output_binary:true. BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /chrome/image/html.

api2pdf_html_to_pdf

Render an HTML string to a PDF using the headless-Chrome engine. Returns a { FileUrl } link (valid ~24h) by default. Great for invoices, reports, and letters produced as HTML. BILLED per document. Api2Pdf API: POST /chrome/pdf/html.

api2pdf_markdown_to_pdf

Render a Markdown string to a PDF using headless Chrome. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /chrome/pdf/markdown.

api2pdf_merge_pdfs

Merge several existing PDFs (given as URLs, in order) into a single PDF. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /pdfsharp/merge.

api2pdf_office_to_pdf

Convert an office document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ODT, and many more) at a URL to a PDF using LibreOffice. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /libreoffice/any-to-pdf.

api2pdf_url_to_image

Take a screenshot of a live web page by URL using headless Chrome. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /chrome/image/url.

api2pdf_url_to_pdf

Fetch a web page by URL and render it to a PDF using headless Chrome. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). Use extraHTTPHeaders to pass auth for a protected page. BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /chrome/pdf/url.

api2pdf_wkhtml_to_pdf

Render an HTML string to a PDF using the wkhtmltopdf engine — an alternate to Chrome that supports a table of contents (pass enableToc / tocOptions inside `options`). Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /wkhtml/pdf/html.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	191 ms	15 min ago

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Api2pdf — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Api2pdf do?

It exposes 16 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: api2pdf_add_password, api2pdf_compress_pdf, api2pdf_convert_to_markdown, api2pdf_delete_file, api2pdf_extract_pages, api2pdf_generate_barcode and 10 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is Api2pdf working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 174 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Api2pdf?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Api2pdf need an API key?

No. Api2pdf completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 16 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Api2pdf?

It answers our handshake in 174 ms on average, which is faster than 71% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Api2pdf open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.