PDF & document-generation glossary

Short, plain-English definitions of the terms that come up when you generate documents from code or AI agents. Each entry explains the concept and how Docweave relates to it.

HTML-to-PDF API

A web service that converts HTML (and CSS) into a PDF over an HTTP request.

PDF generation API

An API that produces PDF documents from HTML, a URL, or a template + data.

MCP server

A server that exposes tools to AI assistants over the Model Context Protocol.

Headless Chromium PDF rendering

Rendering a page in a browser with no UI, then printing it to PDF.

Programmatic PDF generation

Creating PDFs automatically from code or data instead of by hand.

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