Order raised or shipment leaves → the paperwork with it
Trigger → artefact
An order is approved, or a shipment is dispatcheda purchase order, a quotation or a packing slip, as PDF bytes
Operational documents are boring and unforgiving. A packing slip with the wrong quantity is a return; a purchase order without terms is an argument later. They also have to exist the second the event happens, which rules out anything a human has to touch.
One call, one document, same shape as the rest of the API. The purchase order template also produces quotations — the same document with a different heading and a validity date — so one integration covers both.
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What ships in this category
Issuer and counterparty, line items with tax, delivery and payment terms, and a signature block. Switches to a quotation with one field.
Hard part One template, two documents — PO and quote, chosen by a field.
template_id d2ae4fc2-7e6b-4e1d-bcfb-ba3e4bea5b66
Ship-to and bill-to, carrier and tracking, ordered versus shipped quantities, and a goods-received signature area.
Hard part Ordered vs shipped vs back-ordered quantities on every line.
template_id 235509e4-acfe-4088-b724-b544a14595e8
The branded document the customer receives the second the order lands: items, delivery window, address, and the totals they just agreed to.
Hard part Your logo, accent colour and typeface from the workspace brand kit, not ours.
template_id fd1e7566-c1dd-4530-b1bb-66396691cd78
The whole integration
# when the shipment is dispatched
curl https://api.pixldocs.com/v1/render \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $PIXLDOCS_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"template_id": "235509e4-acfe-4088-b724-b544a14595e8",
"format": "pdf",
"data": {
"document_number": "DN-2026-0912",
"dispatch_date": "2026-08-04",
"customer_name": "Northwind Traders",
"carrier": "Blue Dart",
"tracking_number": "BD4471902233",
"line_items": [
{ "description": "Desk lamp, matte black", "sku": "LMP-002", "qty_ordered": 12, "qty_shipped": 12 }
]
}
}' --output delivery-note.pdfRun against the API before publishing: 200, application/pdf. Set document_kind to “quotation” on the purchase order template and the same call returns a quote.
The contract
These templates take named keys — no positional arguments, no layout to describe. Send a row array and the pagination follows it.
d2ae4fc2-7e6b-4e1d-bcfb-ba3e4bea5b66Fields · 32
Rows · line_items[]
description · part_no · qty · unit · unit_price · need_by
Send as many as you have. Pagination, running totals and the carried-forward header are the renderer's problem, not yours.
235509e4-acfe-4088-b724-b544a14595e8Fields · 28
Rows · line_items[]
description · sku · batch · unit · qty_ordered · qty_shipped · unit_price
Send as many as you have. Pagination, running totals and the carried-forward header are the renderer's problem, not yours.
Rows · packages[]
package_id · package_type · weight_kg · dimensions · contents
Send as many as you have. Pagination, running totals and the carried-forward header are the renderer's problem, not yours.
fd1e7566-c1dd-4530-b1bb-66396691cd78Fields · 24
Rows · items[]
description · quantity · unit_price
Send as many as you have. Pagination, running totals and the carried-forward header are the renderer's problem, not yours.
Not today. You can place an image you host, so a barcode you already generate will render — but we do not generate the barcode itself. If that blocks you, say so and it moves up.
Yes — page size and margins are yours to set, and the PDF is pure vector, so it prints at whatever the printer can do rather than at a raster resolution we chose.
Then something in the middle has to translate, and it is not us. We take JSON over HTTPS; that is the whole interface.
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