Print from any app, any language.

# 1. List printers
curl -u YOUR_API_KEY: \
  https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1/printers

# 2. Print a PDF (base64)
curl -u YOUR_API_KEY: -X POST \
  https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1/printjobs \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d "{
    \"printer_id\": \"default\",
    \"title\": \"Invoice 1042\",
    \"content_type\": \"pdf_base64\",
    \"content\": \"$(base64 -i invoice.pdf)\"
  }"

# 3. Check the job (use the id from step 2)
curl -u YOUR_API_KEY: \
  https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1/printjobs/JOB_ID

import fs from "node:fs";

const BASE = "https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1";
const auth = "Basic " + Buffer.from(process.env.TAP_API_KEY + ":").toString("base64");
const headers = { Authorization: auth, "Content-Type": "application/json" };

// 1. List printers
const printers = await fetch(`${BASE}/printers`, { headers }).then(r => r.json());
console.log(printers);

// 2. Print a PDF
const job = await fetch(`${BASE}/printjobs`, {
  method: "POST",
  headers,
  body: JSON.stringify({
    printer_id: "default",
    title: "Invoice 1042",
    content_type: "pdf_base64",
    content: fs.readFileSync("invoice.pdf").toString("base64"),
  }),
}).then(r => r.json());
console.log("job:", job); // { id, state: "sent" | "queued" }

// 3. Poll until printed
let state = "pending";
while (state === "pending") {
  await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 2000));
  ({ state } = await fetch(`${BASE}/printjobs/${job.id}`, { headers }).then(r => r.json()));
}
console.log("final state:", state); // success | error

import base64, time, requests

BASE = "https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1"
auth = ("YOUR_API_KEY", "")  # HTTP Basic: key as username, blank password

# 1. List printers
printers = requests.get(f"{BASE}/printers", auth=auth).json()
print(printers)

# 2. Print a PDF
with open("invoice.pdf", "rb") as f:
    content = base64.b64encode(f.read()).decode()

job = requests.post(f"{BASE}/printjobs", auth=auth, json={
    "printer_id": "default",
    "title": "Invoice 1042",
    "content_type": "pdf_base64",
    "content": content,
}).json()
print("job:", job)  # {'id': ..., 'state': 'sent'}

# 3. Poll until printed
state = "pending"
while state == "pending":
    time.sleep(2)
    state = requests.get(f"{BASE}/printjobs/{job['id']}", auth=auth).json()["state"]
print("final state:", state)  # success | error

<?php
$base = "https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1";
$key  = "YOUR_API_KEY";

function tap_request($method, $url, $key, $body = null) {
    $ch = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt_array($ch, [
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_USERPWD        => $key . ":",          // HTTP Basic
        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => $method,
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ["Content-Type: application/json"],
    ]);
    if ($body !== null) curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($body));
    $res = curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    return json_decode($res, true);
}

// 1. List printers
$printers = tap_request("GET", "$base/printers", $key);
print_r($printers);

// 2. Print a PDF
$job = tap_request("POST", "$base/printjobs", $key, [
    "printer_id"   => "default",
    "title"        => "Invoice 1042",
    "content_type" => "pdf_base64",
    "content"      => base64_encode(file_get_contents("invoice.pdf")),
]);
print_r($job); // ['id' => ..., 'state' => 'sent']

// 3. Poll until printed
do {
    sleep(2);
    $state = tap_request("GET", "$base/printjobs/{$job['id']}", $key)["state"];
} while ($state === "pending");
echo "final state: $state\n"; // success | error

using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;

var baseUrl = "https://theautoprint.com/wp-json/theautoprint/v1";
var apiKey  = "YOUR_API_KEY";

var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
    "Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes($"{apiKey}:")));

// 1. List printers
var printers = await http.GetStringAsync($"{baseUrl}/printers");
Console.WriteLine(printers);

// 2. Print a PDF
var payload = JsonSerializer.Serialize(new {
    printer_id   = "default",
    title        = "Invoice 1042",
    content_type = "pdf_base64",
    content      = Convert.ToBase64String(File.ReadAllBytes("invoice.pdf")),
});
var resp = await http.PostAsync($"{baseUrl}/printjobs",
    new StringContent(payload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
var job = JsonDocument.Parse(await resp.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()).RootElement;
Console.WriteLine($"job {job.GetProperty("id")} → {job.GetProperty("state")}");

// 3. Poll until printed
string state = "pending";
while (state == "pending") {
    await Task.Delay(2000);
    var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(await http.GetStringAsync(
        $"{baseUrl}/printjobs/{job.GetProperty("id")}"));
    state = doc.RootElement.GetProperty("state").GetString()!;
}
Console.WriteLine($"final state: {state}"); // success | error