Export DOCX via REST API

Available in Start planBetav2.12.0

The DOCX export API converts Tiptap JSON documents into .docx (Microsoft Word) files. It uses the same conversion library as the editor extension and produces equivalent DOCX output for standard content.

The REST API supports style overrides, page size and margins, headers/footers, and element-level overrides (tableOverrides, paragraphOverrides, textRunOverrides, tableCellOverrides, imageOverrides). It does not support custom node rendering or any option that requires JavaScript functions. If you need those capabilities, use the editor extension, which also works server-side.

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Export DOCX

POST /v2/convert/export/docx

The /v2/convert/export/docx endpoint converts Tiptap documents into DOCX format. Users can POST documents to this endpoint and use various parameters to customize how different document elements are handled during the conversion process.

Export customization support

The /v2/convert/export/docx endpoint accepts style overrides, page size/margins, headers/footers, and the five element-level overrides (tableOverrides, paragraphOverrides, textRunOverrides, tableCellOverrides, imageOverrides). It does not support custom node conversions, since those require JavaScript functions that cannot be serialized. For custom node conversions, use the editor extension or the server side export guide.

Example (cURL)

curl --output example.docx -X POST "https://api.tiptap.dev/v2/convert/export/docx" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "X-App-Id: YOUR_APP_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "doc": "{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"textAlign\":\"left\"},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Welcome to this demonstration of our editor ability to export a wide array of formatting options to DOCX, ensuring that your content retains its intended appearance in Word.\"}]}]}",
      "exportType": "blob"
    }'

Subscription required

This endpoint requires a valid Tiptap subscription. For more details review our pricing page.

Required headers

Name	Description
`Authorization`	The JWT token to authenticate the request. Example: `Bearer your-jwt-token`
`X-App-Id`	The Convert App-ID from the Convert settings page: https://cloud.tiptap.dev/v2/cloud/convert
`Content-Type`	Must be `application/json`

Body

Name	Type	Description	Default
`doc`	`String`	Tiptap's JSON	`N/A`
`exportType`	`string`	The expected export type	`blob`
`styleOverrides`	`Object`	Style overrides	`{}`
`pageSize`	`Object`	Page size configuration	`undefined`
`pageMargins`	`Object`	Page margins configuration	`undefined`
`headers`	`Object`	Page header configuration	`undefined`
`footers`	`Object`	Page footer configuration	`undefined`
`tableOverrides`	`Object`	Table-level rendering overrides	`undefined`
`paragraphOverrides`	`Object`	Paragraph-level rendering overrides	`undefined`
`textRunOverrides`	`Object`	Text run rendering overrides	`undefined`
`tableCellOverrides`	`Object`	Table cell rendering overrides	`undefined`
`imageOverrides`	`Object`	Image rendering overrides	`undefined`

Page Size Configuration

The pageSize object allows you to customize the dimensions of your exported DOCX document:

Property	Type	Description	Default
`width`	`string`	The width of the page. Must be a positive number followed by a valid unit (cm, in, pt, pc, mm, px).	`"21.0cm"`
`height`	`string`	The height of the page. Must be a positive number followed by a valid unit (cm, in, pt, pc, mm, px).	`"29.7cm"`

Example cURL with custom page size:

curl --output example.docx -X POST "https://api.tiptap.dev/v2/convert/export/docx" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "X-App-Id: YOUR_APP_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "doc": "{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Document with custom page size\"}]}]}",
      "exportType": "blob",
      "pageSize": {"width": "21.0cm", "height": "29.7cm"}
    }'

Page Margins Configuration

The pageMargins object allows you to customize the margins of your exported DOCX document:

Property	Type	Description	Default
`top`	`string`	The top margin of the page. Can be negative. Must be a number followed by a valid unit (cm, in, pt, pc, mm, px).	`"1.0cm"`
`bottom`	`string`	The bottom margin of the page. Can be negative. Must be a number followed by a valid unit (cm, in, pt, pc, mm, px).	`"1.0cm"`
`left`	`string`	The left margin of the page. Must be a positive number followed by a valid unit (cm, in, pt, pc, mm, px).	`"1.0cm"`
`right`	`string`	The right margin of the page. Must be a positive number followed by a valid unit (cm, in, pt, pc, mm, px).	`"1.0cm"`

Example cURL with custom page margins:

curl --output example.docx -X POST "https://api.tiptap.dev/v2/convert/export/docx" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "X-App-Id: YOUR_APP_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "doc": "{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Document with custom margins\"}]}]}",
      "exportType": "blob",
      "pageMargins": {"top": "2.0cm", "bottom": "2.0cm", "left": "1.5cm", "right": "1.5cm"}
    }'

Headers and footers

The headers and footers objects allows you to configure a set of headers and footers options for your exported DOCX.

Headers Configuration

The headers object allows you to customize the headers of your exported DOCX document:

Property	Type	Description
`evenAndOddHeaders`	`boolean`	Whether to use different headers for odd and even pages
`differentFirstPage`	`boolean`	Whether to use a different header on the first page. When `true`, the `first` value is used on page one instead of `default`.
`default`	`string`	The standard default header on every page, or header on odd pages when the `evenAndOddHeaders` option is activated. Accepts a plain text string or stringified Tiptap JSONContent for rich formatting.
`first`	`string`	The header on the first page. Only used when `differentFirstPage` is set to `true`. Accepts a plain text string or stringified Tiptap JSONContent for rich formatting.
`even`	`string`	The header on even pages when the `evenAndOddHeaders` option is activated. Accepts a plain text string or stringified Tiptap JSONContent for rich formatting.

Plain text vs. Tiptap JSONContent

Each header value can be either a plain text string (produces a simple unstyled header) or a stringified Tiptap JSONContent object (enables rich formatting such as bold, italic, links, etc.). When passing JSONContent, stringify the object with JSON.stringify() before sending it in the request body.

Example cURL with custom headers:

curl --output example.docx -X POST "https://api.tiptap.dev/v2/convert/export/docx" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "X-App-Id: YOUR_APP_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "doc": "{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Document with custom headers\"}]}]}",
      "exportType": "blob",
      "headers": {"evenAndOddHeaders": true, "default": "Default Header", "first": "First Page Header", "even": "Even Page Header"}
    }'

Footers Configuration

The footers object allows you to customize the footers of your exported DOCX document:

Property	Type	Description
`evenAndOddFooters`	`boolean`	Whether to use different footers for odd and even pages
`differentFirstPage`	`boolean`	Whether to use a different footer on the first page. When `true`, the `first` value is used on page one instead of `default`.
`default`	`string`	The standard default footer on every page, or footer on odd pages when the `evenAndOddFooters` option is activated. Accepts a plain text string or stringified Tiptap JSONContent for rich formatting.
`first`	`string`	The footer on the first page. Only used when `differentFirstPage` is set to `true`. Accepts a plain text string or stringified Tiptap JSONContent for rich formatting.
`even`	`string`	The footer on even pages when the `evenAndOddFooters` option is activated. Accepts a plain text string or stringified Tiptap JSONContent for rich formatting.

Plain text vs. Tiptap JSONContent

Each footer value can be either a plain text string (produces a simple unstyled footer) or a stringified Tiptap JSONContent object (enables rich formatting such as bold, italic, links, etc.). When passing JSONContent, stringify the object with JSON.stringify() before sending it in the request body.

Example cURL with custom footers:

curl --output example.docx -X POST "https://api.tiptap.dev/v2/convert/export/docx" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "X-App-Id: YOUR_APP_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "doc": "{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Document with custom footers\"}]}]}",
      "exportType": "blob",
      "footers": {"evenAndOddFooters": true, "default": "Default Footer", "first": "First Page Footer", "even": "Even Page Footer"}
    }'

Element Overrides

The five element override objects let you tune how individual DOCX elements (tables, paragraphs, text runs, table cells, images) are rendered. Each override is forwarded to the underlying DOCX conversion library as a base default; per-node values from the document still win where they are computed.

No deep merging

Nested objects inside an override (for example borders, margins, transformation) are replaced entirely, not deep-merged. When customizing one side of a border, provide every side you need so undefined values do not slip through.

`tableOverrides`

Defaults applied to every table. Most useful properties:

Property	Type	Description
`borders`	`Object`	Per-side definitions for `top`, `bottom`, `left`, `right`, `insideHorizontal`, `insideVertical`. Each accepts `{ style, size, color }`.
`margins`	`Object`	Default cell margins `{ top, bottom, left, right }` (twentieths of a point).
`width`	`Object`	Table width `{ size, type }` where `type` is `"pct"`, `"dxa"`, or `"auto"`.
`layout`	`string`	`"fixed"` or `"autofit"`.
`alignment`	`string`	`"left" \| "center" \| "right" \| "start" \| "end"`.
`cantSplit`	`boolean`	Prevent the table from splitting across pages.
`visuallyRightToLeft`	`boolean`	Render the table right-to-left.

`paragraphOverrides`

Defaults applied to every paragraph. Most useful properties:

Property	Type	Description
`spacing`	`Object`	`{ before, after, line, lineRule }` in twentieths of a point. `line` is overwritten by computed line height.
`alignment`	`string`	`"left" \| "center" \| "right" \| "justified" \| "start" \| "end"`.
`indent`	`Object`	`{ left, right, firstLine, hanging, start, end }` in twentieths of a point.
`keepNext`	`boolean`	Keep this paragraph with the next one.
`keepLines`	`boolean`	Keep all lines in the paragraph together.
`pageBreakBefore`	`boolean`	Insert a page break before the paragraph.
`bidirectional`	`boolean`	Render paragraph right-to-left.
`style`	`string`	Reference to a paragraph style id defined in `styleOverrides`.

`textRunOverrides`

Defaults applied to every text run. Per-mark formatting (bold, italic, color, …) still overrides these values. Most useful properties:

Property	Type	Description
`font`	`string`	Font family name.
`size`	`number`	Font size in half-points (`24` = 12pt).
`bold`	`boolean`	Render bold by default.
`italics`	`boolean`	Render italic by default.
`underline`	`Object`	`{ type, color }` — e.g. `{ type: "single", color: "auto" }`.
`strike`	`boolean`	Strikethrough.
`color`	`string`	Hex color without the leading `#` (`"FF0000"`).
`highlight`	`string`	Predefined highlight color name (`"yellow"`, `"green"`, …).
`superScript`	`boolean`	Render as superscript.
`subScript`	`boolean`	Render as subscript.

`tableCellOverrides`

Defaults applied to every table cell. Most useful properties:

Property	Type	Description
`shading`	`Object`	`{ fill, type, color }` — e.g. `{ fill: "F0F0F0", type: "clear" }`.
`verticalAlign`	`string`	`"top" \| "center" \| "bottom"`.
`borders`	`Object`	Per-side cell border definitions, same shape as `tableOverrides.borders`.
`margins`	`Object`	Cell padding `{ top, bottom, left, right }` in twentieths of a point.
`width`	`Object`	Cell width `{ size, type }`.

`imageOverrides`

Defaults applied to every image. Image dimensions computed from the document (intrinsic size or user-resized values) still win where present. Most useful properties:

Property	Type	Description
`transformation`	`Object`	`{ width, height, rotation?, flip? }` — pixels at 96 dpi.
`altText`	`Object`	`{ title, description, name }`.
`floating`	`Object`	Floating positioning options (anchor, alignment, offset, wrap).

Example cURL combining multiple element overrides

curl --output example.docx -X POST "https://api.tiptap.dev/v2/convert/export/docx" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "X-App-Id: YOUR_APP_ID" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
      "doc": "{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Doc with element-level overrides\"}]}]}",
      "tableOverrides": {
        "borders": {
          "top": { "style": "none" },
          "bottom": { "style": "none" },
          "left": { "style": "none" },
          "right": { "style": "none" },
          "insideHorizontal": { "style": "none" },
          "insideVertical": { "style": "none" }
        }
      },
      "paragraphOverrides": {
        "spacing": { "before": 200, "after": 200 }
      },
      "textRunOverrides": {
        "font": "Arial",
        "size": 24
      },
      "tableCellOverrides": {
        "shading": { "fill": "F0F0F0", "type": "clear" },
        "verticalAlign": "center"
      },
      "imageOverrides": {
        "transformation": { "width": 400, "height": 300 }
      }
    }'

Response

On success the API returns the DOCX file as a binary download:

Status: 200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=export-{timestamp}.docx

Error responses

Status	Code	Description
400	`NO_DOCUMENT_PROVIDED`	No document was provided in the body
422	`FAILED_TO_PARSE_DOCX_FILE`	Failed to parse JSON inputs
422	`FAILED_TO_EXPORT_DOCX_FILE`	Failed to export DOCX
422	`FAILED_TO_CONVERT_DOCX_TO_BLOB`	Failed to convert result type

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