Typst & LaTeX Compiler

Compile Typst (.typ) and LaTeX (.tex) documents to PDF using the TypeTex compilation API.

API Endpoint

Base URL: https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run

Endpoints

Compile Typst

POST /public/compile/typst
Content-Type: application/json

Request Body:

{
  "content": "#set page(paper: \"a4\")\n\n= Hello World\n\nThis is a Typst document.",
  "main_filename": "main.typ",
  "auxiliary_files": {}
}

Response (Success):

{
  "success": true,
  "pdf_base64": "JVBERi0xLjQK..."
}

Response (Failure):

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "error: file not found: missing.typ"
}

Compile LaTeX

POST /public/compile/latex
Content-Type: application/json

Request Body:

{
  "content": "\\documentclass{article}\n\\begin{document}\nHello World\n\\end{document}",
  "main_filename": "main.tex",
  "auxiliary_files": {}
}

Response (Success):

{
  "success": true,
  "pdf_base64": "JVBERi0xLjQK..."
}

Response (Failure):

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "! LaTeX Error: Missing \\begin{document}.",
  "log_output": "This is pdfTeX..."
}

Health Check

GET /public/compile/health

Returns {"status": "ok", "service": "public-compile"} if the service is running.

Usage Examples

Simple Typst Document

import requests
import base64

response = requests.post(
    "https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/typst",
    json={
        "content": """
#set page(paper: "a4", margin: 2cm)
#set text(font: "New Computer Modern", size: 11pt)

= My Document

This is a paragraph with *bold* and _italic_ text.

== Section 1

- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
""",
        "main_filename": "main.typ"
    }
)

result = response.json()
if result["success"]:
    pdf_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["pdf_base64"])
    with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f:
        f.write(pdf_bytes)
    print("PDF saved to output.pdf")
else:
    print(f"Compilation failed: {result['error']}")

Simple LaTeX Document

import requests
import base64

response = requests.post(
    "https://studio-intrinsic--typetex-compile-app.modal.run/public/compile/latex",
    json={
        "content": r"""
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\title{My Document}
\author{Author Name}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\section{Introduction}

This is a LaTeX document with math: $E = mc^2$

\end{document}
""",
        "main_filename": "main.tex"
    }
)

result = response.json()
if result["success"]:
    pdf_bytes = base64.b64decode(result["pdf_base64"])
    with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f:
        f.write(pdf_bytes)
else:
    print(f"Compilation failed: {result['error']}")
    if result.get("log_output"):
        print(f"Log: {result['log_output']}")

Multi-File Project (Typst)

import requests
import base64