Convert MD to PDF via Java

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Convert MD to PDF Using Java

In order to convert MD to PDF, we’ll use Aspose.HTML for Java API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use document manipulation and conversion API for Java platform. Markdown conversions are often required to take advantage of other formats. You can transform MD to PDF programmatically with full control over a wide range of conversion parameters. Powerful Java library allows you to convert Markdown to popular formats quickly and in high quality.

// Prepare a simple Markdown example
String code = "### Hello World\n" +
              "\r\n\n" +
              "\n" +
              "[visit applications](https://products.aspose.app/html/family)\n";
// Create a Markdown file
try (java.io.FileWriter fileWriter = new java.io.FileWriter("document.md")) {
    fileWriter.write(code);
}

// Convert Markdown to HTML document
com.aspose.html.HTMLDocument document = com.aspose.html.converters.Converter.convertMarkdown("document.md");
try {
    // Convert HTML document to PDF file format
    com.aspose.html.converters.Converter.convertHTML(
            document,
            new com.aspose.html.saving.PdfSaveOptions(),
            "output_md.pdf"
    );
} finally {
    if (document != null) {
        document.dispose();
    }
}

Steps to Convert MD to PDF via Java

If you would like to consider conversion functionality in your product or you want to convert MD to PDF programmatically, please see the Java code example above or learn the Documentation chapters. Developers can easily convert Markdown file to PDF format in just a few lines of code:

1. Add a library reference to your Java project.
2. Create or initialize a source Markdown file.
3. Convert Markdown to HTML. Use the convertMarkdown() method to save Markdown as an HTML document.
4. Create a new PdfSaveOptions object.
5. Use the convertHTML() method to render the intermediary HTML document to a PDF file.

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System Requirements

Before running the conversion example code, make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

• Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with Java Runtime Environment for JSP/JSF Application and Desktop Applications.
• Get latest version of Aspose.HTML for Java directly from Maven.
  
  

Get Started with Java HTML Parser Library

HTML API is an advanced web scraping and HTML parsing library. One can create, edit, navigate through nodes, extract data and convert HTML, XHTML, and MHTML files to PDF, Images, and other formats. Moreover, it also handles CSS, HTML Canvas, SVG, XPath, and JavaScript out-of-the-box to extend manipulation tasks. It’s a standalone API and does not require any software installation.
You can download its latest version directly from Aspose Maven Repository and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repository>
<id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
<name>Aspose Java API</name>
<url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-html</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-html API</version>
<classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>