What Can You Build With the CraftMyPDF Template Editor?

The CraftMyPDF template editor is a drag-and-drop designer for building reusable PDF layouts that get filled with data at generation time. You can build invoices, certificates, labels, packing lists, and reports by placing text, images, tables, charts, QR codes, barcodes, and shapes on a canvas, then binding those elements to dynamic fields. It fits teams that need the same document produced repeatedly with different data, whether triggered through an automation tool or the REST API.

What the editor lets you place on a page

The template editor works visually: you drag components onto the canvas and arrange them. According to the site, supported elements include:

• Text — static labels and dynamic values
• Images — including dynamic images that change per document
• Tables — for line items, lists, and structured rows
• Charts — visual data inside the generated PDF
• QR codes and barcodes — for tracking IDs, links, or scan targets
• Shapes — layout and visual structure

The site's own example is a packing list: a header with order number and ship date, a customer address block, and a table of items with descriptions, quantities, and tracking IDs. That is a useful mental model — anything that repeats with changing data is a candidate for a template.

How dynamic data gets into the template

Templates use placeholders that are replaced when the document is generated. In the site's example, {{ name }} appears in the template, and the API call supplies the value:

POST /v1/create-pdf
{
  "template_id": "1ae3d73fb42ce",
  "data": {
    "name": "Dylan Louise",
    "order_id": 3487,
    "ship_date": "2026-08-19",
    "items": [ ... ]
  }
}

The workflow is three steps: design the template, send JSON data (via API or an automation tool), and receive the finished PDF. The output is laid out to match the template you built, so the design work happens once and the data changes per run.

Formatting and logic inside templates

Beyond simple substitution, the editor supports built-in expressions for formatting dates, currencies, numbers, and text. When built-in expressions are not enough, you can extend a template with custom JavaScript functions for more advanced logic. This matters for documents where a raw value is not presentable — for example, turning a stored date into a formatted ship date, or computing a total from line items.

Turning existing PDFs into fillable templates

If you already have a PDF you want to reuse, the site describes an AI and computer-vision feature that detects fields in an existing PDF, identifies the expected data type, and generates labels to make mapping easier. This is the path to take when the layout already exists and you want to avoid rebuilding it by hand.

What connects to the editor

Templates are meant to be triggered, not filled in manually each time. The site lists integrations with Zapier, Make, Bubble, n8n, and a REST API. It also notes regional endpoints for generating and storing PDFs in the US, EU, Singapore, and Australia, which is relevant if data residency affects where documents can be produced.

Choosing whether this fits your task

The site states there is a free plan with no credit card required, and mentions SOC 2 Type II auditing. For current plan limits and pricing, check the pricing page directly, since those details are not specified in the material here.