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Text to PDF

Converts raw text, markdown, or structured data into professional PDF documents and distributes them to your storage or clients automatically.

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Why use Ceven?

  1. AI native Text to PDF integration

    • Describe the outcome and Ceven picks the right Text to PDF 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 Text to PDF data, across all 6 of its actions.

  2. Managed auth

    • Built in OAuth with automatic token refresh and rotation.
    • One place to manage, scope, and revoke Text to PDF 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 Text to PDF, when, and on whose behalf.
    • The agent pauses and asks when Text to PDF is unclear instead of plowing ahead.

  4. Enterprise grade security

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

Supported tools

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

Convert text to pdf
Use this when you have a raw string of text that needs to be converted into a PDF file for downloading or emailing.
Convert markdown to pdf
Transform markdown formatted text into a polished PDF document while preserving headers and lists.
Generate invoice pdf
Pass structured billing data to create a formatted invoice PDF for a customer.
Create contract pdf
Convert legal text and variable client data into a final contract PDF.
Render report pdf
Take a summary of data analytics and render it as a professional PDF report.
Convert html to pdf
Use this to turn a simple HTML snippet into a fixed layout PDF page.
Create certificate pdf
Generate a PDF certificate of completion by passing the name and date into the converter.
Convert list to pdf
Take an array of items or a list and format it into a clean PDF table or list.
Generate summary pdf
Convert a long form text summary into a concise one page PDF document.
Create receipt pdf
Convert transaction details into a standardized PDF receipt for a customer.
Convert logs to pdf
Turn system logs or activity trails into a PDF for audit and compliance reviews.
Generate brief pdf
Convert a project brief or scope of work text into a PDF file for client sign off.

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Frequently asked questions

The tool supports standard UTF 8 encoding which means most international characters and symbols are rendered correctly in the final PDF output. If you are using non Latin scripts, the agent ensures the text is properly encoded before sending it to the conversion engine. In some rare cases with complex ligatures or right to left languages, the layout might shift slightly. You can test this by sending a small sample of your specific character set through a test workflow to verify that the visual alignment meets your brand standards before you trigger a bulk generation run for thousands of documents.
The basic conversion tool uses a set of standard system fonts to ensure maximum compatibility across all PDF readers. While you cannot upload a custom TTF file via the basic API, you can use HTML or markdown styling in your input text to influence the visual hierarchy. For example, using H1 and H2 tags in markdown will create distinct font sizes in the resulting PDF. If you need highly specific brand colors, you should pass HTML snippets with inline CSS styles, which the converter interprets to apply colors to text and backgrounds during the rendering process.
Yes, there is a hard limit on the payload size for a single conversion request to prevent server timeouts. Most users will not hit this limit unless they are trying to convert a full length novel in one call. If your text exceeds the maximum character limit, the agent can be configured to split the content into multiple chunks and generate a series of PDF pages. This ensures that no data is truncated and the conversion process remains stable. We recommend keeping individual requests under ten thousand words for the fastest possible rendering speed and reliability.
The core Text to PDF tool focuses on the conversion of text to a visual document and does not natively embed password encryption during the initial render. To secure your documents, you should use a follow up step in your Ceven workflow. For instance, after the PDF is generated and stored in a cloud folder, you can trigger a security agent to apply a password or set an expiration link via your storage provider. This modular approach allows you to maintain a clean conversion pipeline while applying security layers based on the sensitivity of the specific document.
Ceven implements an exponential backoff retry logic for all Text to PDF calls. If the API returns a five hundred series error or a timeout, the agent will wait a few seconds before trying again, increasing the wait time between each attempt. If the service remains unavailable after five attempts, the workflow will trigger a failure notification to the owner. This prevents your data from being lost and ensures that you are alerted immediately if there is a systemic outage with the document generation service, allowing you to manually intervene or switch to a fallback.
The conversion tool generates the PDF in a temporary buffer and returns the file object or a temporary URL to the Ceven agent. We do not provide long term storage within the Text to PDF tool itself. To keep your files, you must configure your workflow to move the PDF to a permanent location such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or an S3 bucket immediately after creation. Once the workflow completes the move and the session ends, the temporary file is purged from the buffer to maintain privacy and security for all users.
Yes, the Text to PDF API enforces a rate limit of ten requests per second for standard accounts. If your workflow attempts to generate hundreds of PDFs simultaneously, you may encounter a four twenty nine too many requests error. To avoid this, we recommend using a batching strategy in your Ceven workflow. By adding a small delay between requests or processing the list in smaller chunks, you can ensure a smooth flow of documents without hitting the ceiling. Higher tier accounts can request a limit increase through the vendor dashboard if they have massive burst requirements.
No, this tool is strictly a one way converter designed to turn text into PDF format. It does not have Optical Character Recognition or PDF parsing capabilities to extract text from an existing PDF file. If you need to read a PDF and then modify it, you will need to use a separate PDF parser agent to extract the text first, make your changes in the workflow, and then use the Text to PDF tool to render the final updated version back into a PDF document.

Alternatives to Text to PDF

Other tools that solve a similar problem. Ceven supports these too, so you can switch or run more than one at once.

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