capture-pdf

Capture html in a pdf buffer

Install

$ npm install --save capture-pdf

Usage

const fs = require('fs');
const pdf = require('capture-pdf');
 
pdf('<strong>Foo Bar</strong>').then(buffer => {
    fs.writeFileSync('foobar.pdf', buffer);
});
 
pdf('foo.html', {css: 'bar { display: none; }'}).then(buffer => {
    fs.writeFileSync('foo.pdf', buffer);
});
 
pdf('http://yeoman.io', {delay: 5}).then(buffer => {
    fs.writeFileSync('yeoman.pdf', buffer);
});
 
pdf('http://yeoman.io', {
    footer: '<footer style="text-align: right; font-size: 8px">{{pageNum}}/{{numPages}}</footer>'
}).then(buffer => {
    fs.writeFileSync('yeoman.pdf', buffer);
});

API

pdf(input, [options])

input

Type: string

Specify some html, the path to an html file or a website.

options

delay

Type: number (seconds)
Default: 0

Delay capturing the website. Useful when the site does things after load that you want to capture.

css

Type: string

Apply custom CSS to the webpage. Specify some CSS or the path to a CSS file.

paperSize

Type: object
Default: {format: 'A4', orientation: 'portrait', border: '1cm'}

Size of the web page.

header

Type: string

HTML that should be rendered at the top of every page. You can use {{pageNum}} and {{numPages}} to render the number of the page and the total number of pages in the header.

footer

Type: string

HTML that should be rendered at the bottom of every page. You can use {{pageNum}} and {{numPages}} to render the number of the page and the total number of pages in the footer.

License

MIT © Sam Verschueren