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German cancellation confirmation (Kündigungsbestätigung)

A plain business letter whose paragraphs depend on the data: with a refund it names the amount and the date, without one it says that nothing is open, and the data export paragraph appears only when there is a deadline. Dates are written out in German.

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What this example shows

  • {{#if contract.refund}} … {{else}} … {{/if}} chooses between the refund paragraph and the sentence that nothing is open; the same template serves both cases.
  • The data export paragraph sits in its own {{#if contract.export_until}} and disappears when the contract has no such deadline.
  • {{date contract.ends "d. MMMM yyyy"}} writes 31. Dezember 2026; the table at the top uses the short dd.MM.yyyy form.
  • Letter layout, address window and legal footer are the ones of the other German letters: the same rules at the top of style.css and the same footer, in this template’s own folder.

Helpers used

Template folder

templates/kuendigungsbestaetigung/template.htmlHandlebars
<p class="sender">{{company.name}} · {{company.street}} · {{company.city}}</p>
<address class="recipient">
  <strong>{{customer.name}}</strong><br>
  {{customer.contact}}<br>
  {{customer.street}}<br>
  {{customer.city}}
</address>
<table class="facts">
  <tr><td>Datum</td><td>{{date letter.date "dd.MM.yyyy"}}</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Kundennummer</td><td>{{customer.number}}</td></tr>
  <tr><td>Vertrag</td><td>{{contract.number}}</td></tr>
</table>

<h1>Bestätigung Ihrer Kündigung</h1>
<p>Guten Tag {{customer.contact}},</p>
<p>
  Ihre Kündigung des Vertrags <strong>{{contract.name}}</strong> ({{contract.number}}) ist am
  {{date contract.received "d. MMMM yyyy"}} bei uns eingegangen. Wir bestätigen Ihnen hiermit, dass der Vertrag zum
  <strong>{{date contract.ends "d. MMMM yyyy"}}</strong> endet.
</p>
<p>Bis zu diesem Tag können Sie alle Leistungen wie gewohnt nutzen.
  {{#if contract.refund}}
  Den bereits gezahlten Betrag für die Zeit nach Vertragsende, {{money contract.refund}}, erstatten wir Ihnen bis zum {{date contract.refund_by "dd.MM.yyyy"}} auf das bekannte Konto.
  {{else}}
  Es sind keine Beträge mehr offen, und es werden keine weiteren Abbuchungen vorgenommen.
  {{/if}}
</p>
{{#if contract.export_until}}
<p>Ihre Daten können Sie bis zum {{date contract.export_until "dd.MM.yyyy"}} exportieren. Danach löschen wir sie endgültig.</p>
{{/if}}
<p>Wir bedauern Ihre Entscheidung und danken Ihnen für die Zusammenarbeit.</p>
<p>Mit freundlichen Grüßen<br>{{company.director}}</p>
templates/kuendigungsbestaetigung/style.cssCSS
body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 1.45; color: #1e293b; }
.sender {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 10mm 0 3mm;
  padding-bottom: 1mm;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #cbd5e1;
  font-size: 7pt;
  color: #64748b;
}
.recipient { min-height: 27mm; font-style: normal; line-height: 1.5; }
.facts { float: right; margin-top: -27mm; font-size: 8.5pt; color: #475569; }
.facts td { padding: 0.4mm 0 0.4mm 5mm; }
.facts td:last-child { text-align: right; color: #1e293b; }
h1 { clear: both; margin: 14mm 0 4mm; font-size: 16pt; color: #312e81; }
table.lines { width: 100%; margin-top: 6mm; border-collapse: collapse; }
.lines th {
  padding: 2mm 1.5mm;
  border-bottom: 1.5px solid #1e293b;
  text-align: left;
  font-size: 7.5pt;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #64748b;
}
.lines td { padding: 2.3mm 1.5mm; border-bottom: 1px solid #e2e8f0; vertical-align: top; }
.lines tr { break-inside: avoid; }
.num { text-align: right !important; white-space: nowrap; }
.totals { width: 78mm; margin: 5mm 0 0 auto; border-collapse: collapse; }
.totals td { padding: 1.2mm 1.5mm; }
.totals .grand td { border-top: 1.5px solid #1e293b; font-weight: 700; font-size: 11pt; }
.muted { color: #64748b; }
p { margin: 0 0 4mm; }
templates/kuendigungsbestaetigung/head.htmlHTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;600;700&display=swap">
templates/kuendigungsbestaetigung/footer.htmlHandlebars
<div style="box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:6mm;padding:0 18mm;font-size:7px;line-height:1.5;color:#555">
  <span>{{ company.name }} · {{ company.street }} · {{ company.city }}<br>{{ company.register }} · Geschäftsführung: {{ company.director }}</span>
  <span>USt-IdNr. {{ company.vat_id }}<br>IBAN {{ company.iban }} · BIC {{ company.bic }}</span>
  <span style="white-space:nowrap">Seite <span class="pageNumber"></span> von <span class="totalPages"></span></span>
</div>
templates/kuendigungsbestaetigung/settings.jsonJSON
{
  "paper": {
    "format": "A4"
  },
  "margin": {
    "top": "20mm",
    "right": "18mm",
    "bottom": "26mm",
    "left": "22mm"
  },
  "locale": "de-DE",
  "timezone": "Europe/Berlin",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "pdf": {
    "metadata": {
      "title": "Bestätigung Ihrer Kündigung"
    }
  },
  "footer": {
    "height": "16mm"
  }
}
templates/kuendigungsbestaetigung/data/default.jsonJSON
{
  "company": {
    "name": "Fennlor Studio GmbH",
    "street": "Musterstraße 1",
    "city": "12345 Musterstadt",
    "phone": "+49 000 0000000",
    "email": "hallo@fennlor.example",
    "iban": "DE36000000000000000000",
    "bic": "XXXXDEXXXXX",
    "vat_id": "DE000000000",
    "register": "Amtsgericht Musterstadt, HRB 00000",
    "director": "Erika Mustermann"
  },
  "customer": {
    "name": "Olvarest GmbH",
    "contact": "Max Mustermann",
    "street": "Beispielweg 2",
    "city": "54321 Beispielstadt",
    "number": "K-10482"
  },
  "letter": {
    "date": "2026-09-21"
  },
  "contract": {
    "name": "Wartungsvertrag Kundenportal",
    "number": "V-2024-0088",
    "received": "2026-09-18",
    "ends": "2026-12-31",
    "refund": 480,
    "refund_by": "2027-01-15",
    "export_until": "2027-01-31"
  }
}

Render it through the API

Save the sample data as data.json and send it with the template’s name. TypeScript and Python use the SDKs; every other language posts the same JSON to the REST API with its standard library. Renders with a key that starts with ff_test_ are not metered; on the Free plan they carry a small watermark.

render.shShell
jq '{template: "kuendigungsbestaetigung", data: ., filename: "kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf"}' data.json \
  | curl https://api-eu.formfeed.dev/v1/renders \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ff_test_..." \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      --data-binary @-
render.tsTypeScript
import { Formfeed } from '@formfeed/sdk';
import data from './data.json' with { type: 'json' };

const formfeed = new Formfeed({ apiKey: process.env.FORMFEED_API_KEY! });

const render = await formfeed.renders.create({
  template: 'kuendigungsbestaetigung',
  data,
  filename: 'kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf',
});
console.log(render.status, render.download_url);
render.pyPython
import json
import os

from formfeed import Formfeed

formfeed = Formfeed(api_key=os.environ["FORMFEED_API_KEY"])

with open("data.json", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    data = json.load(file)

render = formfeed.renders.create(
    template="kuendigungsbestaetigung",
    data=data,
    filename="kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf",
)
print(render.status, render.download_url)
render.phpPHP
<?php
$body = [
    'template' => 'kuendigungsbestaetigung',
    'data' => json_decode(file_get_contents('data.json'), true),
    'filename' => 'kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf',
];

$curl = curl_init('https://api-eu.formfeed.dev/v1/renders');
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . getenv('FORMFEED_API_KEY'),
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($body),
]);
$render = json_decode(curl_exec($curl), true);

echo $render['status'], ' ', $render['download_url'], PHP_EOL;
main.goGo
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	data, err := os.ReadFile("data.json")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	body, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{
		"template": "kuendigungsbestaetigung",
		"data":     json.RawMessage(data),
		"filename": "kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf",
	})

	request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api-eu.formfeed.dev/v1/renders", bytes.NewReader(body))
	request.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("FORMFEED_API_KEY"))
	request.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	response, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(request)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer response.Body.Close()

	var render struct {
		Status      string `json:"status"`
		DownloadURL string `json:"download_url"`
	}
	json.NewDecoder(response.Body).Decode(&render)
	fmt.Println(render.Status, render.DownloadURL)
}
Program.csC#
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Text.Json;

var body = new
{
    template = "kuendigungsbestaetigung",
    data = JsonDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText("data.json")).RootElement,
    filename = "kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf",
};

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
    new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("FORMFEED_API_KEY"));

var response = await http.PostAsJsonAsync("https://api-eu.formfeed.dev/v1/renders", body);
var render = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<JsonElement>();

Console.WriteLine($"{render.GetProperty("status")} {render.GetProperty("download_url")}");
Render.javaJava
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;

public class Render {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    String data = Files.readString(Path.of("data.json"));
    String body = """
        {
          "template": "kuendigungsbestaetigung",
          "filename": "kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf",
          "data": %s
        }
        """.formatted(data);

    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api-eu.formfeed.dev/v1/renders"))
        .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + System.getenv("FORMFEED_API_KEY"))
        .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
        .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
        .build();

    HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
    System.out.println(response.body()); // status, download_url, page_count, units …
  }
}
render.rbRuby
require "json"
require "net/http"

body = {
  template: "kuendigungsbestaetigung",
  data: JSON.parse(File.read("data.json")),
  filename: "kuendigung-V-2024-0088.pdf",
}

response = Net::HTTP.post(
  URI("https://api-eu.formfeed.dev/v1/renders"),
  JSON.generate(body),
  "Authorization" => "Bearer #{ENV.fetch("FORMFEED_API_KEY")}",
  "Content-Type" => "application/json"
)
render = JSON.parse(response.body)

puts render["status"], render["download_url"]

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