How do I generate a PDF with custom styles from an LLM?

​

Steps

1. Ask your model to answer in Markdown (headings with #, lists, tables).
2. Store your API key in DOCONDA_API_KEY and install the SDK (pip install doconda or npm install @doconda/sdk).
3. Send that Markdown with format: "pdf" and the style, and download the PDF.

from pathlib import Path
from doconda import Doconda

markdown = "# Quarterly summary\n\n| Month | Sales |\n|---|---|\n| January | €12,400 |"  # your LLM's answer

doconda = Doconda()  # reads the key from DOCONDA_API_KEY
doc = doconda.documents.create(
    format="pdf",
    content={"markdown": markdown},
    style="Inter 11 font, dark blue headings, 2 cm margins, number the pages",
)
Path("summary.pdf").write_bytes(doconda.documents.download(doc["id"], "pdf"))

import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises"
import { Doconda } from "@doconda/sdk"

const markdown = "# Quarterly summary\n\n| Month | Sales |\n|---|---|\n| January | €12,400 |" // your LLM's answer

const doconda = new Doconda()
const doc = await doconda.documents.create({
  format: "pdf",
  content: { markdown },
  style: "Inter 11 font, dark blue headings, 2 cm margins, number the pages",
})
await writeFile("summary.pdf", await doconda.documents.download(doc.id, "pdf"))

​

What you get back

• A PDF with the font embedded. With format: "pdf" you get only the PDF; with docx you also get the editable Word file.
• style_applied: how the style was understood, and style_unsupported: what couldn’t be applied.
• status: ready, ready_with_warnings, needs_review or failed (not charged).
• A report with what’s worth checking (documents.report(id)).

​

Limits

• With quality: "fast" you get the basic style: font, size, colors, alignment, margins, cover page, table of contents, header and footer.
• The links in outputs expire after 5 minutes; documents.outputs(id) gives you new ones.
• Fonts: any Google Fonts family plus Calibri, Cambria, Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New. A font that doesn’t exist comes back in style_unsupported.

​

FAQ

​

Keep reading

• Create and Style.
• Quickstart.