Key Concepts

Understand the core building blocks of Orshot — renders, templates, modifications, and response options

Before diving into the API, it helps to understand a few key concepts. These terms appear throughout the docs and API.

A render is a single API request that turns a template into an image, PDF, or video

How render usage is calculated for images, PDFs, and videos

Choose between image, PDF, or video output

The unique identifier you use to tell the API which template to render

Understand the data structure of a template — pages, elements, canvas, and parameters

The key-value pairs you pass to change text, images, and styles in a template

Choose your output file type — PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF, PDF, MP4, or GIF

Choose how you receive the output — hosted URL, Base64 string, or binary data

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