Action

Convert

HTML → PDF

Turns a web page or HTML document into a PDF. Often used right before sending, since fax machines and some inboxes need a PDF rather than a web page.

How it works

Many steps in a flow produce content as HTML, the format of a web page. That is fine for a browser, but not for sending: a fax line needs a PDF, and some recipients expect a proper document they can save and print. This node bridges that gap.

Convert takes the web page or HTML you built earlier and renders it into a clean, fixed PDF, laying it out the way it would look on screen. From there the file behaves like any other document in your flow.

It most often sits just before a delivery step. A common pattern is building a page with a document step, converting it here, then faxing or emailing the resulting PDF.

Common use cases

Real situations where this node earns its place in a flow.

Make a report faxable

Convert an HTML report to PDF so a fax step can send it.

Printable attachment

Render HTML to PDF for a clean, fixed-layout file to email.

Freeze a document

Convert to PDF before storing so it looks the same forever.

Convert in a workflow

A simple example of where this node sits in a flow.

Render document Merge data + template → document Convert HTML → PDF Fax Send PDF via Telnyx fax

What you set up

  • Feed it the HTML or web-page content produced by an earlier step.
  • Let it render the layout into a PDF.
  • Send the PDF on to a delivery step like fax or email that needs a document, not a web page.

Common questions

Why do I need this before faxing?

Fax can only send a PDF, not a live web page. If your content is HTML, this node turns it into the PDF the fax step requires.

Will the PDF look like the web page?

It renders the page's layout into fixed pages, so it reads much like the on-screen version, now as a document you can save and print.