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Use refile with LangChain
This guide explains how to integrate Refile’s PDF generation capabilities with LangChain.js in just a few lines of code. This integration allows LLMs to generate PDFs directly from markdown content as part of their response flow.
Prerequisites
- A refile API key (available from your refile dashboard)
- Node.js project with LangChain.js installed
- Basic familiarity with LangChain.js usage patterns
Quick Start
- Install the dependencies:
- Copy the refile tool code and use it with LangChain:
- Replace
<token>
with your refile API key and start generating PDFs!
How It Works
The integration follows these steps:
- Create the tool: The
createRefileTool
function creates a LangChain-compatible tool that connects to the Refile API - Bind the tool to the model: Use LangChain’s
bindTools
method to give the model access to the PDF generation capability - Process tool calls: When the model decides to generate a PDF, it makes a tool call which your code executes
- Return results: The final result includes the URL of the generated PDF
Customization Options
Want a different look? Just change these parameters when calling createRefileTool()
:
Remember to keep your API key safe by using environment variables in production and never exposing your key in client side code!
For a detailed explanation of the API and all configuration options, visit the API reference.