--- title: "Connect ShareFile to PDF Generator API - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Client\" fires in ShareFile, your agent runs \"Generate document\" in PDF Generator API." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/sharefile-to-pdf-generator-api" --- # Connect ShareFile to PDF Generator API When **New Client** fires in [ShareFile](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile), your agent runs **Generate document** in [PDF Generator API](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-generator-api). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. ShareFile **1** trigger ShareFile **18** actions PDF Generator API **16** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want ShareFile and PDF Generator API to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What ShareFile can start in PDF Generator API - When **New Client** in ShareFile then **Generate document** in PDF Generator API - When **New Client** in ShareFile then **Add form** in PDF Generator API Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with ShareFile and PDF Generator API ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 34 actions - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client user is added to the ShareFile account. - Action **Add group** Creates a new distribution group in ShareFile, optionally shared and with initial member contacts. - Action **Add Note** Creates a note inside a ShareFile folder with a title and optional text. - Action **Add share** Creates a new Send share (sharing files) or Request share (asking recipients to upload into a folder) in ShareFile. - Action **Add URL** Adds a web link (URL) item to a ShareFile folder. - Action **Add user** Creates a new employee user in your ShareFile account and returns the new user. - Action **Copy item** Copies a file or folder into another ShareFile folder. - Action **Create Client User** Creates a new client user in your ShareFile account. - Action **Create Folder** Creates a new folder inside a ShareFile parent folder and returns the new folder. - Action **Delete item** Deletes a file or folder from ShareFile. - Action **Find items by name** Searches ShareFile for files and folders whose name matches the text you enter, and returns the matching items. - Action **Get file download link** Returns a temporary download link for a ShareFile file. For a folder, the link downloads a ZIP archive of its contents. - Action **Get item** Returns a single ShareFile item (file, folder, note or link) by its id. - Action **Get user** Returns a ShareFile user by ID or email address, or the connected user when neither is given. - Action **List folder children** Returns the files, folders, notes and links directly inside a ShareFile folder. - Action **List groups** Returns the distribution groups you have permission to view in your ShareFile account. - Action **List shares** Returns the outstanding Send and Request shares created by the connected ShareFile user. - Action **List users** Returns the employee users in your ShareFile account. - Action **Update item** Updates a ShareFile file, folder, note or link: rename it, change its description or expiration date, or move it to another folder or zone. - Action **Add form** Create a new form. - Action **Add template** Creates a new template in the workspace of the connected account. Leave the layout and pages blank to create an empty template you can design later in the editor. - Action **Add workspace** Creates a regular workspace with the identifier you supply. - Action **Convert HTML to PDF** Converts HTML content to a PDF document and returns it base64-encoded. - Action **Convert URL to PDF** Convert a web page URL to a PDF. - Action **Delete document** Delete a stored document from PDF Generator API's Document Storage. - Action **Delete template** Deletes a template from the workspace. - Action **Generate document** Merges a template with your data and returns the generated document as base64 content or a temporary public URL. - Action **Generate QR code** Generate a QR code image asset. - Action **Get document** Returns a document stored in Document Storage: its public URL and file details. - Action **Get template** Returns the configuration of a template: name, tags, draft status, layout, pages and components, data settings and editor preferences. - Action **List documents** Lists documents generated and stored in PDF Generator API (only documents generated with the URL/storage output option). Optionally filter by template and date range. - Action **List forms** Returns the forms available for the organization. - Action **List templates** Retrieve all templates in the workspace. - Action **List workspaces** Returns the workspaces in your PDF Generator API organization. - Action **Update template** Replaces a template's configuration. Layout and pages are replaced as a whole, not merged. ## Each app on its own - [ **ShareFile** Securely send, store, and share files – plus discover document workflows designed to improve your client...](https://apiant.ai/connections/sharefile) - [ **PDF Generator API** # Introduction PDF Generator API allows you easily generate transactional PDF documents and reduce the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/pdf-generator-api) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from ShareFile - [ **ShareFile to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-pdf-generator-api) - [ **Google Sheets to PDF Generator API** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-pdf-generator-api) Questions ## ShareFile and PDF Generator API, answered ### ### What can start an automation from ShareFile? Any of ShareFile's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Client. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in PDF Generator API when something happens in ShareFile? Any of PDF Generator API's 16 actions, including Update template, Add form, Add template and Add workspace. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from PDF Generator API to ShareFile? PDF Generator API has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in ShareFile. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads PDF Generator API's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for ShareFile or PDF Generator API? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use ShareFile and PDF Generator API without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.