Is there an API that can convert a topic into a PDF file?

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Is there an API that can convert a topic into a PDF file?

If not, are there any recommended tools to complete the conversion？

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Printing a topic as a PDF

This guide explains how to print/download any Discourse topic to PDF. Required user level: All users Discourse allows you to generate a PDF of a topic by using the Print topic keyboard shortcut. The shortcut for your system is noted in the keyboard shortcut reference modal that pops up when you press the ? key while browsing a Discourse site. Most operating systems: ctrl+p MacOS: ⌘+p Using the shortcut will open a new browser window where you can optiona…

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Reverse engineer the Discourse API

Discourse is backed by a complete JSON api. Anything you can do on the site you can also do using the JSON api. Many of the endpoints are properly documented in the discourse_api gem, however some endpoints lack documentation. To determine how to do something with the JSON API here are some steps you can follow. Example: recategorize a topic. Go to a topic and start editing a category: [image] Open Chrome dev tools, switch to the Network tab, select XHR filter: [image] Perform the op…