API Reference

Data & Privacy

Data storage, regional compliance, and privacy controls for your PDF generation.

Data Regions

Choose where your data is processed based on compliance requirements.

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European Union Frankfurt

GDPR eu.api.tailpdf.com

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United Kingdom London

UK GDPR uk.api.tailpdf.com

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United States Virginia

SOC 2 us.api.tailpdf.com

What We Store

Always Stored

90 days

Request timestamp API token (hashed) PDF file size Generation duration Success/failure status Error messages

Stored by Default

Opt-out available

90 days

HTML content PDF options Fonts requested Tailwind config

Disable with: X-No-Store: true

Never Stored

Generated PDF files Full API keys IP addresses (24h) —

Disabling Content Storage

For sensitive data (financial documents, PII), disable HTML storage:

curl -X POST https://api.tailpdf.com/pdf \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-API-Key: your-api-key" \
  -H "X-No-Store: true" \
  -d '{"content": "<div>Sensitive content</div>"}' \
  --output document.pdf

Effects of X-No-Store

HTML content is not stored
Replay feature disabled for this request
Metadata still recorded for billing

Team-Wide Settings

Default No-Store

Auto-apply X-No-Store to all requests

Team Settings → Privacy

Retention Period

Customize retention (7-90 days)

Team Settings → Privacy

Delete All History

Permanently delete all render history

Danger Zone

Compliance & Certifications

GDPR Compliant

DPA available on request

Data Portability

Export all data anytime

Right to Deletion

Request complete data deletion

AWS Only

No other sub-processors

Security Measures

Encryption in Transit

TLS 1.3 for all traffic

Encryption at Rest

AES-256 for stored data

Isolated Processing

Separate browser context per PDF

Automatic Purging

Data deleted after retention period

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Errors

Questions about data handling?

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