@condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf

@condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf is a VuePress 1.x plugin that allows you to export your sites to a PDF file with outlines or bookmarks.

Related

• vitepress-export-pdf
• @condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf-v2

Installation

npm install @condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf -D

then add script to your package.json:

{
	"scripts": {
		"export-pdf": "press-export-pdf export [path/to/your/docs]"
	}
}

Then run:

npm run export-pdf

press-export-pdf Command Options

The package provides the press-export-pdf command with the following command line options:

• export [sourceDir]: Export your site to a PDF file
  • -c, --config <config>: Set path to config file
  • --outFile <outFile>: Name of output file
  • --pdfOutlines <pdfOutlines>: Keep PDF outlines/bookmarks(Node >= 18.5.0)
  • --urlOrigin <urlOrigin>: Change the origin of the print url(Option displayHeaderFooter of pdfOptions is true)
  • --outDir <outDir>: Directory of output files
  • --theme <theme>: Set VuePress theme
  • --debug: Enable debug mode
• info: Display environment information
• --help: Display help information
• --version: Display version information

Config file options

You can create a new config file, we support the following files:

• vuepress-pdf.config.ts
• vuepress-pdf.config.js
• vuepress-pdf.config.cjs
• vuepress-pdf.config.mjs
• .vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.ts
• .vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.js
• .vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.cjs
• .vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.mjs

In addition, you can also customize the configuration file through --config or -c.

It is recommended to use TS(.vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.ts) files, which are easy to manage and have friendly code prompts.

ex:

// .vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.ts
import { defineUserConfig } from "@condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf";

export default defineUserConfig({
	theme: "@vuepress/theme-default",
});

if you want to use JS files, you can leverage your IDE's intellisense with jsdoc type hints:

/**
 * @type {import('@condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf').UserConfig}
 */
const config = {
	// ...
};

export default config;

config options:

• theme - theme name (default @vuepress/default)
• sorter - function for changing pages order (default undefined)
• outFile - name of output file (default vuepress-YYMMDD-HHmmss.pdf)
• outDir - Directory of output files (default package.json file exists in directory)
• routePatterns - Specify the patterns of files you want to be exported. The patterns are relative to the source directory (default ["/**", "!/404.html"]).Patterns to match Route path using multimatch
• puppeteerLaunchOptions - Puppeteer launch options object
• pdfOptions - Valid options to configure PDF generation via Page.pdf() (default { format: 'A4 }), pageNumber and totalPages of headerTemplate and footerTemplate cannot be used because of this reason
• pdfOutlines - Keep PDF outlines/bookmarks(default true)
• urlOrigin: Change the origin of the print url(Option displayHeaderFooter of pdfOptions is true) - (How do I change the URL point to the localhost)
• outlineContainerSelector: Specify an outline container selector.

Use via VuePress plugin

@condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf exports a function called vuepressplugin, then use this function through VuePress plugin system.

for example:

module.exports = {
	plugins: [
		require("./my-plugin.js"),
	],
};

my-plugin.js:

const { vuePressPlugin } = require("@condorhero/vuepress-plugin-export-pdf");
module.exports = vuePressPlugin;

Examples

A usable example of quick start click here.

Order of PDF

console.log all the routes in the sort function and assign them to the variable routeOrder as a value. You can adjust the order of printing in the array routeOrder.

import { defineUserConfig } from "vitepress-export-pdf";
const routeOrder = [
	"/index.html",
	"/guide/what-is-vitepress.html",
	"/guide/getting-started.html",
	"/guide/configuration.html",
	// ...
];
export default defineUserConfig({
	sorter: (pageA, pageB) => {
		const aIndex = routeOrder.findIndex(route => route === pageA.path);
		const bIndex = routeOrder.findIndex(route => route === pageB.path);
		return aIndex - bIndex;
	},
});

Discard your outlines/bookmarks

.vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.ts add pdfOutlines:

export default defineUserConfig({
	pdfOutlines: false,
});

Don't export homepage

.vuepress/vuepress-pdf.config.ts add routePatterns:

export default defineUserConfig({
	routePatterns: ["!/"],
});

Note: ! at the beginning of a pattern will negate the match

PDF print style

By default, A4 paper is used for printing, The size of A4 paper is (8.27in x 11.7in), One inch is equal to ninety-six pixels: 1 in = 96 pixel (X) ,the inch unit of A4 is converted to (793.92px x 1123.2px).

The layout of VuePress itself is responsive, which should meet your needs. If you change the size of the printing paper or don't want some styles on the website to be input into PDF, you need to simply write some CSS styles.

It is recommended that you change it in the global style of VuePress(docs/.vuepress/styles/index.styl), use the print of @media to control CSS style.

for example:

@media print {
	.navbar,
	.sidebar,
	.sidebar-mask,
	.page-edit,
	.page-nav {
		display: none;
	}
}

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

Report Bug

run vuepress info or press-export-pdf info Shows debugging information about the local environment.

License

MIT