Class ChromePdfRenderer

IronPdf.ChromePdfRenderer allows any web page or Html 'snippet' to be turned into a PDF document using an up-to-date embedded Chrome browser.

As of 2021 Iron Software recommend ChromePdfRenderer as our best PDF Renderer and a drop-in replacement for this class.

Inheritance

System.Object

BasePdfRenderer

ChromePdfRenderer

Implements

IPdfRenderer

Inherited Members

BasePdfRenderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, Uri, String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, String, String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderHtmlFileAsPdf(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderUrlAsPdf(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderUrlAsPdf(Uri)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderRtfFileAsPdf(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderMarkdownFileAsPdf(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderRtfStringAsPdf(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderMarkdownStringAsPdf(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderHtmlAsPdfAsync(String, Uri)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderHtmlFileAsPdfAsync(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(Uri)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderZipFileAsPdf(String, String)

BasePdfRenderer.RenderingOptions

BasePdfRenderer.LoginCredentials

Namespace: IronPdf

Assembly: IronPdf.dll

Syntax

public class ChromePdfRenderer : BasePdfRenderer, IPdfRenderer

Constructors

ChromePdfRenderer()

Create a new Chrome Html To PDF renderer.

Declaration

public ChromePdfRenderer()

Methods

ApplyCookies(String, ChromeHttpLoginCredentials)

Applies cookies from the specified login credentials class to the specified url

Declaration

public static void ApplyCookies(string Url, ChromeHttpLoginCredentials Login)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Url	Url cookies will apply to
ChromeHttpLoginCredentials	Login	Login credentials which includes CustomCookies property

ClearCookies()

Clear cookies for all urls

Declaration

public static void ClearCookies()

StaticRenderHtmlAsPdf(String, ChromePdfRenderOptions, String)

Creates a PDF file from an Html string, and returns it as an PdfDocument object which can be edited and saved to disk or served on a website.

Static version of the RenderHtmlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderHtmlAsPdf(string Html, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null, string Proxy = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	An instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions that allows configuration of Chrome "HTML to PDF" rendering parameters.
System.String	Proxy	Specifies an Http proxy server. Use the pattern: http(s)://user-name:password@host:port

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument with the Html rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderHtmlAsPdf(String, String, ChromePdfRenderOptions, String)

Creates a PDF file from an Html string, and returns it as an PdfDocument object which can be edited and saved to disk or served on a website.

Static version of the RenderHtmlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderHtmlAsPdf(string Html, string BaseUrlOrPath, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null, string Proxy = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
System.String	BaseUrlOrPath	Setting the BaseURL property gives the relative context for hyper-links, images, CSS and JavaScript files. May be a remote URL or local file path.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	An instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions that allows configuration of Chrome "HTML to PDF" rendering parameters.
System.String	Proxy	Specifies an Http proxy server. Use the pattern: http(s)://user-name:password@host:port

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument with the Html rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderHtmlAsPdf(String, Uri, ChromePdfRenderOptions, String)

Creates a PDF file from an Html string, and returns it as an PdfDocument object which can be edited and saved to disk or served on a website.

Static version of the RenderHtmlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderHtmlAsPdf(string Html, Uri BaseUrl, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null, string Proxy = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
System.Uri	BaseUrl	Setting the BaseURL property gives the relative context for hyper-links, images, CSS and JavaScript files. May be a remote URL or local file path.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	An instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions that allows configuration of Chrome "HTML to PDF" rendering parameters.
System.String	Proxy	Specifies an Http proxy server. Use the pattern: http(s)://user-name:password@host:port

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument with the Html rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderHtmlAsPdfAsync(String, Uri, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Creates a PDF file from an Html string, and returns it as an PdfDocument object which can be edited and saved to disk or served on a website.

Static Async version of the RenderHtmlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static Task<PdfDocument> StaticRenderHtmlAsPdfAsync(string Html, Uri BaseUrl = null, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
System.Uri	BaseUrl	Setting the BaseURL property gives the relative context for hyper-links, images, CSS and JavaScript files. May be a remote URL or local file path.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	An instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions that allows configuration of Chrome "HTML to PDF" rendering parameters.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument with the Html rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderHTMLFileAsPdf(String, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Renders an HTML file as a PDF file. Returns a PdfDocument object which may be edited and saved to disk or served on a website.

Static version of the RenderHTMLFileAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderHTMLFileAsPdf(string FilePath, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath	Path to an Html file.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument with the Html file rendered as its contents..

StaticRenderHTMLFileAsPdfAsync(String, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Renders an HTML file as a PDF file. Returns a PdfDocument object which may be edited and saved to disk or served on a website.

Static Async version of the RenderHTMLFileAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static Task<PdfDocument> StaticRenderHTMLFileAsPdfAsync(string FilePath, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath	Path to an Html file.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument with the Html file rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderUrlAsPdf(String, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Renders all Html and assets at a given Url into a PDF file using IronPdf's embedded Chrome browser as the rendering engine.

Static version of the RenderUrlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderUrlAsPdf(string UrlOrPath, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	UrlOrPath	An absolute Url. Points to the Html document to be rendered as a PDF.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument with the Url rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderUrlAsPdf(Uri, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Renders all Html and assets at a given Url into a PDF file using IronPdf's embedded Chrome browser as the rendering engine.

Static version of the RenderUrlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderUrlAsPdf(Uri Url, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	Url	An absolute Uri. Points to the Html document or local file file to be rendered as a PDF.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument with the Url rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderUrlAsPdfAsync(String, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Renders all Html and assets at a given Url into a PDF file using IronPdf's embedded Chrome browser as the rendering engine.

Static Async version of the RenderUrlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static Task<PdfDocument> StaticRenderUrlAsPdfAsync(string UrlOrPath, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	UrlOrPath	An absolute Url. Points to the Html document or local file to be rendered as a PDF.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument with the Url rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderUrlAsPdfAsync(Uri, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Renders all Html and assets at a given Url into a PDF file using IronPdf's embedded Chrome browser as the rendering engine.

Static Async version of the RenderUrlAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static Task<PdfDocument> StaticRenderUrlAsPdfAsync(Uri Url, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	Url	An absolute Uri. Points to the Html document or local file file to be rendered as a PDF.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument with the Url rendered as its contents.

StaticRenderZipFileAsPdf(String, String, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Creates a PDF file from a local Zip file, and returns it as a PdfDocument.

IronPDF is a W3C standards compliant HTML rendering based on Google's Chromium browser. If your output PDF does not look as expected:
- Validate your HTML file using https://validator.w3.org/ & CSS https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
- To debug HTML, view the file in Chrome web browser's print preview which will work almost exactly as IronPDF.
- Read our detailed documentation on pixel perfect HTML to PDF: https://ironpdf.com/tutorials/pixel-perfect-html-to-pdf/

Declaration

public static PdfDocument StaticRenderZipFileAsPdf(string FilePath, string MainFile, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath	Path to an Zip to be rendered as a PDF.
System.String	MainFile	Name of the primary HTML file.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument

StaticRenderZipFileAsPdfAsync(String, String, ChromePdfRenderOptions)

Creates a PDF file from a local Zip file, and returns it as a PdfDocument.

IronPDF is a W3C standards compliant HTML rendering based on Google's Chromium browser. If your output PDF does not look as expected:
- Validate your HTML file using https://validator.w3.org/ & CSS https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
- To debug HTML, view the file in Chrome web browser's print preview which will work almost exactly as IronPDF.
- Read our detailed documentation on pixel perfect HTML to PDF: https://ironpdf.com/tutorials/pixel-perfect-html-to-pdf/

Static Async version of the RenderZipFileAsPdf method.

Declaration

public static Task<PdfDocument> StaticRenderZipFileAsPdfAsync(string FilePath, string MainFile, ChromePdfRenderOptions Options = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath	Path to an Zip to be rendered as a PDF.
System.String	MainFile	Name of the primary HTML file.
ChromePdfRenderOptions	Options	Optional print options and settings as an instance of ChromePdfRenderOptions.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument

Implements

IPdfRenderer

Inherited members

RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, Uri, String)

RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, String, String)

RenderHtmlFileAsPdf(String)

RenderUrlAsPdf(String)

RenderUrlAsPdf(Uri)

RenderRtfFileAsPdf(String)

RenderMarkdownFileAsPdf(String)

RenderRtfStringAsPdf(String)

RenderMarkdownStringAsPdf(String)

RenderHtmlAsPdfAsync(String, Uri)

RenderHtmlFileAsPdfAsync(String)

RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(Uri)

RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(String)

RenderZipFileAsPdf(String, String)

RenderingOptions

LoginCredentials