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PDFMonkey

Automates the generation of professional PDFs from dynamic templates, handles the delivery of generated files to clients, and manages template versions across your workspace.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native PDFMonkey integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right PDFMonkey calls, fills the parameters, and checks the result.
    • Structured, agent friendly tool schemas so each call runs reliably instead of by guesswork.
    • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your PDFMonkey data, across all 18 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke PDFMonkey access.
    • Per user and per environment credentials instead of shared keys.

  3. Agent optimized design

    • Actions are tuned from real success and error rates so reliability climbs over time.
    • Full execution logs so you always know what ran in PDFMonkey, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when PDFMonkey is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

    • Fine grained access so you control which agents and people can reach PDFMonkey.
    • Least privilege by default, read scopes first and only the writes a workflow needs.
    • A full audit trail of every PDFMonkey action to support review and sign off.

Supported tools

Every action Ceven's agents can run on PDFMonkey, and when to use it.

Create Document
Use this when you need to instantiate a PDF from a template and queue it for generation.
Create Document Sync
Use this when you need the PDF generated immediately and cannot wait for a background process.
Create Template
Use this to define a new document template with custom HTML and CSS styles before generating files.
Delete Document
Permanently remove a specific document using its ID after it is no longer needed.
Delete Template
Remove obsolete document templates from your workspace to keep your library clean.
Download Document File
Fetch the actual PDF file using a presigned URL. Note that these URLs expire after one hour.
Get Document
Pull the full document record including the payload, metadata, logs, and the current download URL.
Get Template
Retrieve the content, styles, settings, and preview URL for a specific template by its ID.
List Document Cards
Pull a list of documents filtered by template, status, or workspace for reporting purposes.
List Template Cards
Retrieve all available templates in a workspace, optionally filtered by folder.
List Workspaces
Pull all available workspaces for the authenticated user to ensure the right environment is targeted.
Update Document
Modify a document payload or change its status to trigger a regeneration of the PDF.
Update Template
Modify the HTML, CSS, or engine settings of an existing document template.
Preview Template
Generate a preview URL to see how a template draft looks as a real PDF before deployment.
Delete PDFMonkey Document Template
Tool to delete a document template by ID. Use when you need to remove obsolete templates after validation.
Get Current User
Tool to retrieve details about the currently authenticated user. Use when you need account info (quota, plan, email, locale) after authentication.
Get DocumentCard
Tool to fetch a DocumentCard by ID. Use when you have a DocumentCard ID and need its download URLs, status, and metadata. Use after generating or updating a DocumentCard.
Get Template by ID
Tool to fetch a Document Template by ID. Use when you need the template's content, styles, settings, and preview URL.
List PDF Engines
Tool to list available PDF engines with deprecation metadata. Use when you need to choose a rendering engine before generating PDFs.
Preview Document
Tool to open a document preview via a PDF.js viewer. Use when you need to embed the PDF preview in an iframe after obtaining the document ID.
Update Document Template
Tool to update a document template’s properties. Use when you need to modify an existing template’s content, styles, settings, engine, folder, or TTL.
View Public Share Link
Tool to download a publicly shared PDF via its permanent share link. Use when the document's public_share_link is enabled to fetch the PDF file directly.

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Frequently asked questions

Ceven manages the short lifespan of PDFMonkey presigned URLs by fetching them on demand. Because PDFMonkey URLs expire after one hour, the agent does not store the link in a static database. Instead, it calls the document details endpoint immediately before delivering the file to your end user or uploading it to your storage provider. If a workflow fails and you attempt to use a cached link after sixty minutes, the agent will detect the 403 error and automatically request a fresh URL from the API to ensure the delivery process remains seamless without human intervention.
Ceven can do both. The agent can use the Create Template action to push new HTML and CSS structures directly into your PDFMonkey account. This is useful when you have a system that generates dynamic layouts based on user preferences. However, for most users, we recommend designing the template in the PDFMonkey visual editor first and then using Ceven to inject the data. This allows your designers to control the look and feel while the agent handles the heavy lifting of data mapping and document triggering across your various business workflows.
Ceven monitors the status of every document request. If a document enters a failed state, the agent pulls the logs from the document record to identify the cause, such as a syntax error in the HTML or a missing data field in the payload. You can configure the agent to alert you via Slack or email when a failure occurs, or set up an automatic retry logic that attempts to regenerate the document after a brief delay. This prevents silent failures in your billing or shipping pipelines where a missing PDF could stop a physical shipment.
Yes, PDFMonkey enforces rate limits based on your specific subscription tier. If Ceven triggers too many synchronous requests in a short window, the API will return a 429 error. To handle this, the agent uses an exponential backoff strategy, meaning it will pause and retry the request automatically. For very high volume bursts, we recommend using the asynchronous Create Document endpoint instead of the sync version. This queues the documents for processing, allowing PDFMonkey to handle the load without dropping requests, while Ceven polls for completion in the background.
Ceven can navigate multiple workspaces by first calling the List Workspaces action. Once the agent identifies the correct workspace ID for a specific client or project, it passes that ID into every subsequent document or template call. This ensures that documents for Client A never end up in the workspace for Client B. You can define these mappings in your workflow settings so the agent always knows which workspace to target based on the metadata of the incoming trigger, making it ideal for agencies managing multiple brands.
Absolutely. Ceven can use the Preview Template action to generate a temporary URL that allows you to see exactly how the data will render in the final PDF. You can build a workflow where the agent creates a draft, sends you the preview link for approval in a chat app, and only triggers the final generation and delivery once you give the sign off. This is particularly useful for high value documents like legal contracts or custom quotes where a formatting error could look unprofessional to a high value client.
PDFMonkey uses industry standard TLS encryption for all data in transit between Ceven and their servers. When the agent pushes a payload to a template, the data is encrypted as it travels over the wire. Once the PDF is generated, the files are stored securely and accessed via the presigned URLs mentioned earlier. If you need to ensure data is removed immediately after generation, you can set a short Time To Live value on your templates or have Ceven call the Delete Document action as soon as the file has been successfully moved to your own secure storage.

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