Compile Typst and LaTeX documents to PDF via API. Send source code, get back a PDF.
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Compile Typst (.typ) and LaTeX (.tex) documents to PDF using the TypeTex compilation API.
Base URL:
https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.runPOST /public/compile/typst Content-Type: application/json
Request Body:
{ "content": "#set page(paper: \"a4\")\n\n= Hello World\n\nThis is a Typst document.", "main_filename": "main.typ", "auxiliary_files": {} }
Response (Success):
{ "success": true, "pdf_base64": "JVBERi0xLjQK..." }
Response (Failure):
{ "success": false, "error": "error: file not found: missing.typ" }
POST /public/compile/latex Content-Type: application/json
Request Body:
{ "content": "\\documentclass{article}\n\\begin{document}\nHello World\n\\end{document}", "main_filename": "main.tex", "auxiliary_files": {} }
Response (Success):
{ "success": true, "pdf_base64": "JVBERi0xLjQK..." }
Response (Failure):
{ "success": false, "error": "! LaTeX Error: Missing \\begin{document}.", "log_output": "This is pdfTeX..." }
GET /public/compile/health
Returns
{"status": "ok", "service": "public-compile"}import requests import base64response = requests.post( "https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/typst", json={ "content": """ #set page(paper: "a4", margin: 2cm) #set text(font: "New Computer Modern", size: 11pt)
= My Document
This is a paragraph with bold and italic text.
== Section 1
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3 """, "main_filename": "main.typ" } )
result = response.json() if result["success"]: pdf_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["pdf_base64"]) with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f: f.write(pdf_bytes) print("PDF saved to output.pdf") else: print(f"Compilation failed: {result['error']}")
import requests import base64response = requests.post( "https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/latex", json={ "content": r""" \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{amsmath}
\title{My Document} \author{Author Name}
\begin{document} \maketitle
\section{Introduction}
This is a LaTeX document with math: $E = mc^2$
\end{document} """, "main_filename": "main.tex" } )
result = response.json() if result["success"]: pdf_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["pdf_base64"]) with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f: f.write(pdf_bytes) else: print(f"Compilation failed: {result['error']}") if result.get("log_output"): print(f"Log: {result['log_output']}")
import requests import base64response = requests.post( "https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/typst", json={ "content": """ #import "template.typ": *
#show: project.with(title: "My Report")
= Introduction
#include "chapter1.typ" """, "main_filename": "main.typ", "auxiliary_files": { "template.typ": """ #let project(title: none, body) = { set page(paper: "a4") set text(font: "New Computer Modern")
align(center)[ #text(size: 24pt, weight: "bold")[#title] ]
body } """, "chapter1.typ": """ == Chapter 1
This is the first chapter. """ } } )
result = response.json() if result["success"]: pdf_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["pdf_base64"]) with open("report.pdf", "wb") as f: f.write(pdf_bytes)
For binary files like images, base64-encode them:
import requests import base64Read and encode an image
with open("figure.png", "rb") as f: image_base64 = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode("utf-8")
response = requests.post( "https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/typst", json={ "content": """ #set page(paper: "a4")
= Document with Image
#figure( image("figure.png", width: 80%), caption: [A sample figure] ) """, "main_filename": "main.typ", "auxiliary_files": { "figure.png": image_base64 } } )
# Typst compilation curl -X POST https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/typst \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "content": "#set page(paper: \"a4\")\n\n= Hello World\n\nThis is Typst.", "main_filename": "main.typ" }' | jq -r '.pdf_base64' | base64 -d > output.pdfLaTeX compilation
curl -X POST https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/latex
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{ "content": "\documentclass{article}\n\begin{document}\nHello World\n\end{document}", "main_filename": "main.tex" }' | jq -r '.pdf_base64' | base64 -d > output.pdf
When compilation fails, the response includes:
success: falseerrorlog_outputCommon errors:
auxiliary_filessuccesspdf_base64auxiliary_filesNo automatic installation available. Please visit the source repository for installation instructions.
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