Quire PDFCertificate

Certificate

Landscape course-completion or achievement certificate with an accent frame, issuer mark, large serif recipient name, one or two signature lines, seal, credential ID and verification link. Always exactly one page.

certificate.pdf1 page

Rendered by the engine from the sample data below.

Render it

curl "https://api.quirepdf.dev/v1/render?template=certificate" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $QUIRE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @certificate.json -o certificate.pdf

import { Quire, type CertificateData } from "quirepdf";

const data: CertificateData = { /* … */ };
const pdf = await new Quire().render(data, { template: "certificate" });

from quirepdf import Quire

Quire().render(data, template="certificate").save("certificate.pdf")

npx quirepdf-cli templates certificate --sample > certificate.json
npx quirepdf-cli render certificate.json -t certificate

Edit the sample in the playground

Fields

Required at the top level: issuer, recipient, achievement, date, signatures. Everything else is optional.

Field	Type	Notes
`accent`	string	Brand colour for the frame, seal and title, e.g. #0f766e
`issuer`Required	object	The organisation awarding the certificate
`issuer.name`Required	string
`issuer.tagline`	string	Muted line under the issuer name, e.g. a website
`title`	string	e.g. Certificate of achievement
`intro`	string
`recipient`Required	string	Recipient's full name. Long names are shrunk to fit, then wrapped.
`statement`	string	Text between the name and the achievement
`achievement`Required	string	Course or achievement name
`details`	string	Muted line under the achievement, e.g. hours, grade, format
`date`Required	string	Date of issue, pre-formatted for display
`credential_id`	string
`signatures`Required	object[]	One or two signature lines. With one, the date of issue takes the other slot.
`signatures[].name`Required	string
`signatures[].title`	string
`verify_url`	string	Verification link, shown in small monospace text

certificate.jsonShow sample data

{
  "accent": "#0f766e",
  "issuer": {
    "name": "Meridian School of Data",
    "tagline": "meridian.academy"
  },
  "title": "Certificate of completion",
  "recipient": "Amara Nwosu-Bennett",
  "achievement": "Applied Machine Learning: From Prototype to Production",
  "details": "A 36-hour instructor-led programme, completed with distinction · 8 weeks, Summer 2026 cohort",
  "date": "30 September 2026",
  "credential_id": "MSD-AML-2026-04817",
  "signatures": [
    {
      "name": "Dr. Helena Vasquez",
      "title": "Programme Director"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tobias Lindgren",
      "title": "Lead Instructor"
    }
  ],
  "verify_url": "https://meridian.academy/verify/MSD-AML-2026-04817"
}