SnaPDF Web

Website for SnaPDF — save any JavaScript-rendered page as a PDF or plain text file. Paste a ChatGPT or Claude share link, pick your settings, and download in seconds.

Built with Nuxt 4, deployed on Vercel.

Features

• Converts any JS-rendered page (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to PDF or plain text
• Handles virtual scroll and lazy-loaded content — every message captured
• PDF options: page size (Letter/A4), margin, landscape orientation
• Selectively hide user prompts or assistant responses
• CSS selector override for custom content targeting
• In-session history with inline preview and re-download
• Light/dark/system color mode
• Auto-detects Letter vs A4 based on browser locale

API

GET /api/convert — streams progress over SSE, then delivers the file as a base64 payload.

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	string	—	Page URL to convert (required)
format	pdf | txt	pdf	Output format
pageSize	letter | a4	letter	PDF page size
margin	number	36	PDF margin in points
landscape	boolean	false	Landscape orientation
hideUserInput	boolean	false	Omit user messages
hideAssistantOutput	boolean	false	Omit assistant messages
selector	string	—	CSS selector for content nodes

SSE event types: progress · complete · error

Development

npm install
npm run dev        # nuxt dev

To test with Vercel Functions locally:

npm run build
vercel dev

Scripts

Command	Description
npm run dev	Start dev server
npm run build	Production build
npm run lint	Lint with ESLint
npm run fix	Auto-fix lint issues
npm test	Run tests (Vitest)
npm run typecheck	Type-check with vue-tsc
npm run release:patch	Bump patch version and push tags

Deployment

Deploys automatically to Vercel on push to main. Functions are configured with a 300s max duration to accommodate long-running Puppeteer jobs.

On Vercel, @sparticuz/chromium provides a serverless-compatible Chromium binary. Set PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=true in your Vercel environment variables.

CLI

SnaPDF is also available as a standalone CLI tool:

npm install -g snapdf
snapdf <url> [options]

See npmjs.com/package/snapdf for full CLI docs.