Generate product datasheets from a data template

Design a product data sheet template once (spec table, description, photo, your branding), then turn each product's data into a finished PDF. One API call, or a no-code step from your catalog.

# 1. Generate the datasheet: POST product data as JSON
curl -X POST https://api.shippdf.com/v1/documents \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SHIPPDF_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template_id": "tmpl_example",
    "data": {
      "product_name": "VoltCore 65W GaN Charger",
      "model": "VC-65",
      "sku": "VC65-GAN",
      "description": "Compact 65W USB-C charger with GaN.",
      "specifications": [
        { "label": "Output", "value": "65W USB-C PD" },
        { "label": "Tech",   "value": "GaN" },
        { "label": "Ports",  "value": "1x USB-C" }
      ]
    }
  }'
# → 202 { "id": "doc_a3...", "status": "queued" }

# 2. Check status; repeat until completed
curl https://api.shippdf.com/v1/documents/doc_a3... \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SHIPPDF_TOKEN"
# → { "status": "completed", "pdf_url": "…/datasheet.pdf" }

Use your published template ID and a workspace API token with documents:create and documents:read. ShipPDF renders the product into a branded datasheet and returns a hosted pdf_url. Read the document again for a fresh link. Follow the API quickstart for a complete example and pagination details.

What is a product datasheet?

A product datasheet is a one-page PDF that presents a single product’s key facts: its model and SKU, a specification table, a short description, and a photo. Manufacturers and distributors also call it a spec sheet, a cut sheet, or a product data sheet. Whatever the name, the job is the same. Give buyers, resellers, and field teams the exact specifications in a consistent, branded format they can print or share.

Because every product shares that structure, a datasheet is a natural fit for a template. You design the layout once and bind the model, specifications, description, and image to data fields. Each product then generates its own PDF from the same template, so a 20-product catalog and a 2,000-product catalog cost you the same design work.

Why generate datasheets this way

One template, every product. Design the data template once in the visual editor, then change it once and every future datasheet follows.
Spec tables build themselves. Map a specifications list and the table renders with your styling, however many rows a product has.
Photos and branding. Pull in the product image and keep your logo, colors, and layout consistent across the whole catalog.
Nothing to operate. No headless browser to patch or scale. Rendering is a predictable API call.

Generate datasheets without code

Prefer not to touch the API? Add a render step in n8n, Zapier, Make, Airtable or Google Sheets and map your catalog columns to the datasheet template, and a new product row becomes a branded PDF. See the product datasheet use case for the fields and layout.

Questions

How do I create a product data sheet template?

Design it once in the ShipPDF visual editor: add your logo, a specification table bound to a data field, a description, and a product photo. Publish it, and every datasheet you generate uses that layout.

How do I generate product datasheets at scale?

POST each product’s data to the ShipPDF API, or add a render step in a no-code tool like n8n, Zapier, Make or Google Sheets and map your catalog columns. One published template serves every product and every route.

What is the difference between a datasheet, a spec sheet, and a cut sheet?

They are the same document under different names. A datasheet, spec sheet, cut sheet, or product data sheet all present one product’s specifications, description, and image on a single page. ShipPDF generates any of them from one template, so you can match whatever your industry calls it.

Can each product have a different number of specifications?

Yes. The specification table is bound to a list, so it expands or contracts to fit each product. A charger with three specs and a machine with forty both render cleanly from the same template.

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