pdf-from
Easily generate full-featured PDF files from HTML and other web formats
This package is for rendering PDF files on the server, not on the client. If any resources are not accessible to the server, then they will not be included in the resulting PDF.
Installation
To use pdf-from in your Node app:
npm
npm install --save pdf-from
yarn
yarn add pdf-from
Usage
PDF from Html
Basic Example
const pdfFrom = ; const htmlString = `<html> <body> <h1>Hello PDF</h1> <p>This is a PDF</p> </body></html>`await pdfFrom;
Express Example
This example renders a template, converts the resulting HTML to a PDF, and then sends the PDF back to the browser.
const pdfFrom = ; const template = "my_pug_template";res;
Example of Changing PDF Options
const pdfFrom = ; const htmlString = `<html> <body> <h1>Hello PDF</h1> <p>This is a PDF</p> </body></html>`await pdfFrom;
Available Options
wrapOutput
normally a buffer is returned with the raw PDF data, this switch causes the PDF data to be wrapped in an object:{ pdf: [Buffer] }
useScreenMedia
normally the print styles will be used if they are available, this switch causes any print styles to be ignored
The package also respects all of the Puppeteer PDF rendering options.
Caveats
Docker
The default node Docker image does not come bundled with all the libraries required by this package, they have to be added manually. The following needs to be added to your Dockerfile
# Install Chromium dependenciesRUN apt-get update && \ apt-get install -yq \ ca-certificates \ fonts-liberation \ gconf-service \ libappindicator1 \ libappindicator3-1 \ libasound2 \ libatk1.0-0 \ libc6 \ libcairo2 \ libcups2 \ libdbus-1-3 \ libexpat1 \ libfontconfig1 \ libgcc1 \ libgconf-2-4 \ libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 \ libglib2.0-0 \ libgtk-3-0 \ libnspr4 \ libnss3 \ libpango-1.0-0 \ libpangocairo-1.0-0 \ libstdc++6 \ libx11-6 \ libx11-xcb1 \ libxcb1 \ libxcomposite1 \ libxcursor1 \ libxdamage1 \ libxext6 \ libxfixes3 \ libxi6 \ libxrandr2 \ libxrender1 \ libxss1 \ libxtst6 \ lsb-release \ xdg-utils wget