The ResumeTex API

Anish Sahoo
December 15, 2024

What is this?

This is a fast way to create resumes. All it needs is a POST request with your resume in JSON format and it will generate a nicely formatted This refers to Jake's Resume, a widely used resume template. See my resume made with that template resume for you. You can also generate the Latex file if you want to make any changes manually.

Endpoints

The endpoint URL: https://resumetex.asahoo.dev

The API has three endpoints:

/api/v1/tex - Generates a LaTeX file
/api/v1/pdf - Generates a PDF file
/api/v1/text - Generates latex in text format (suitable if downloading a file is not intended)

All endpoints accept POST requests with JSON data at https://resumetex.asahoo.dev

How to use?

You can use the API by sending a POST request to either of our endpoints at
https://resumetex.asahoo.dev/{REPLACE_WITH_API_ENDPOINT} with your resume formatted in the following way:

The API will return a JSON response with the URL to the generated PDF and tex file.

Too lazy for all that? Use this:

Enter your resume in JSON format: JSON:

Alterntively, you can use curl or wget to send a get request to the API, attaching a json file as the body:

          
curl -X get -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d # finish this

References:

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