MCP server for Api2Pdf — generate PDFs & images from HTML, URLs or office files; merge, barcodes. Hosted by usefulapi — connect from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.
Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:
Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"api2pdf": {
"url": "https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"api2pdf": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api2pdf.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Other MCP clients (Windsurf, Cline, Zed and more): add the URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser. Do not add an Authorization header: see Before you connect.
The login page asks for your Api2Pdf API key.
Find it in the Api2Pdf portal → API keys (portal.api2pdf.com). Your key is used only to call the API on your behalf and to derive a private account id; it is never shown to anyone.
Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Api2Pdf API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
Turn on the Api2Pdf connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.
| Tool | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
api2pdf_html_to_pdf | write | HTML to PDF (Chrome) 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_url_to_pdf | write | URL to PDF (Chrome) 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_markdown_to_pdf | write | Markdown to PDF (Chrome) Render a Markdown string to a PDF using headless Chrome. Returns a { FileUrl } (valid ~24h). BILLED. Api2Pdf API: POST /chrome/pdf/markdown. |
api2pdf_html_to_image | write | HTML to image (Chrome) 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_url_to_image | write | URL to image / screenshot (Chrome) 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_wkhtml_to_pdf | write | HTML to PDF (wkhtmltopdf) 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. |
api2pdf_office_to_pdf | write | Office document to PDF (LibreOffice) 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_merge_pdfs | write | Merge PDFs (PDFSharp) 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_compress_pdf | write | Compress PDF (PDFSharp) 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_extract_pages | write | Extract PDF pages (PDFSharp) 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_add_password | write | Password-protect PDF (PDFSharp) 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_convert_to_markdown | write | Convert document to Markdown (MarkItDown) 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_generate_barcode | write | Generate barcode / QR code (Zebra) 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 | read | Get account balance Return the remaining balance / usage for the configured Api2Pdf account. Api2Pdf API: GET /balance. |
api2pdf_get_status | read | Get service status Return the current Api2Pdf service / health status. Api2Pdf API: GET /status. |
api2pdf_delete_file | write | Delete a generated file Delete a previously generated file by its ResponseId (the `ResponseId` returned in a generation response). Api2Pdf API: DELETE /file/{ResponseId}. |
api2pdf_usage_status | Usage status (free-tier meter) Report the caller's current free-tier usage this month: calls used, monthly limit, remaining, and whether the cap is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter. | |
api2pdf_request_feature | Request a missing feature Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Api2Pdf tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter. | |
api2pdf_upgrade | Upgrade to Pro (unlimited) Subscribe to the Pro plan for UNLIMITED Api2Pdf tool calls (the free tier caps monthly usage). Choose monthly ($9/month) or yearly ($90/year — 2 months free) billing. Returns a Stripe Checkout link to open in your browser; after payment your account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter. | |
api2pdf_cancel_subscription | Cancel the Pro subscription Cancel the caller's Api2Pdf Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; unlimited calls continue until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run api2pdf_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter. |
| Plan | Price | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 tool calls / month |
| Pro | $9/mo · $90/yr | Unlimited |
Pro covers this Api2Pdf server only. Subscribe with api2pdf_upgrade (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). Cancel any time with api2pdf_cancel_subscription: Pro continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and running api2pdf_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].
No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Api2Pdf. The server calls the Api2Pdf API with your own Api2Pdf access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.
The login page asks for your Api2Pdf API key. See Before you connect for where to find it.
No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your Api2Pdf API key. If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.
The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Api2Pdf API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Api2Pdf.
Yes, if you approve it. 14 of the 16 Api2Pdf tools can create or change data. The other 2 are marked read-only. Most MCP clients ask you to approve a tool call before it runs.
The Free plan gives 100 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with unlimited tool calls, for this Api2Pdf server only. Run api2pdf_usage_status to see how many calls you used.
Ask the AI to run api2pdf_upgrade: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. To cancel, run api2pdf_cancel_subscription. Pro continues to the end of the paid period.
Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with api2pdf_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.
Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.
This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.