IronPDF - Create, Edit, and Read PDFs in Node.js Applications
IronPDF is a library developed and maintained by Iron Software that helps Software Engineers to create, edit and extract PDF content.
Features
IronPDF excels at:
- Generating PDFs from: HTML, URL, JavaScript, CSS and many image formats
- Adding headers/footers, and signatures
- Merge, Split, Add, Copy, & Delete PDF Pages
- Performance optimization: Full Multithreading and Async support
IronPDF has cross platform support compatibility with:
- Node.js 12.0+
- Windows, Linux, Mac, and Docker
Using IronPDF
IronPDF for Node.js utilizes a powerful Chrome Engine to render PDFs from HTML strings, files, and web URLs. Since the rendering process can be computationally intensive, it is recommended to delegate this task to the server-side. Frontend frameworks like ReactJs and Angular can communicate with the server to offload the computational work and await the result, which can then be displayed on the frontend side.
Installation
Using npm:
npm install @ironsoftware/ironpdf
Using yarn:
yarn add @ironsoftware/ironpdf
IronPdf required IronPDF Engine binary, which will download automatically on the first run.
Or you can install it as a npm package (Recommended) (Optional)
NOTE: IronPDF Engine and IronPDF version need to match.
For Windows x64
Using npm:
npm install @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-windows-x64
Using yarn:
yarn add @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-windows-x64
For Windows x86
Using npm:
npm install @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-windows-x86
Using yarn:
yarn add @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-windows-x86
For Linux x64
Using npm:
npm install @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-linux-x64
Using yarn:
yarn add @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-linux-x64
For macOS x64
Using npm:
npm install @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-macos-x64
Using yarn:
yarn add @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-macos-x64
For macOS Arm
Using npm:
npm install @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-macos-arm64
Using yarn:
yarn add @ironsoftware/ironpdf-engine-macos-arm64
Usage
Here is a sample HTML to PDF example to get started:
import {PdfDocument} from "@ironsoftware/ironpdf";
(async () => {
const pdf = await PdfDocument.fromHtml("<h1>Testing</h1>");
await pdf.saveAs("pdf-from-html.pdf");
})();
And another option is to create from URL to PDF:
import {PdfDocument} from "@ironsoftware/ironpdf";
(async () => {
const pdf = await PdfDocument.fromUrl("https://www.google.com");
await pdf.saveAs("pdf-from-url.pdf");
})();
Stamp PDF
import {PdfDocument} from "@ironsoftware/ironpdf";
(async () => {
const pdf = await PdfDocument.fromFile("mypdf.pdf");
await pdf.stampHtml("<img src='https://ironpdf.com/img/products/ironpdf-logo-text.svg'/>");
await pdf.saveAs("stampedPdf.pdf");
})();
Features Table
Licensing & Support Available
For more support and inquiries, please email us at: support@ironsoftware.com