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html-pdf-node
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Pagination plugin for converts html or url to pdf
npm install html-pdf-node
To convert HTML
page to PDF
using generatePdf
method:
var html_to_pdf = require('html-pdf-node');
let options = { format: 'A4' };
// Example of options with args //
// let options = { format: 'A4', args: ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox'] };
let file = { content: "<h1>Welcome to html-pdf-node</h1>" };
// or //
let file = { url: "https://example.com" };
html_to_pdf.generatePdf(file, options).then(pdfBuffer => {
console.log("PDF Buffer:-", pdfBuffer);
});
Parameters
file
<Object> File object should have one of the following properties:
options
<Object> Options object should have the following properties:
args
<Array<string>> Additional arguments to pass to the browser instance. The list of Chromium flags can be found here. This options will overwrite the default arguments. The default arguments are ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox']
.path
<string> The file path to save the PDF to. If path
is a relative path, then it is resolved to current working directory. If no path is provided, the PDF won't be saved anywhere.scale
<number> Scale of the webpage rendering. Defaults to 1
. Scale amount must be between 0.1 and 2.displayHeaderFooter
<boolean> Display header and footer. Defaults to false
.headerTemplate
<string> HTML template to print the header. Should be valid HTML markup with following classes used to inject printing values into them:
date
formatted datetitle
document titleurl
document locationpageNumber
current page numbertotalPages
total pages in the documentfooterTemplate
<string> HTML template to print the footer. Should use the same format as the headerTemplate
.printBackground
<boolean> Print background graphics. Defaults to false
.landscape
<boolean> Paper orientation. Defaults to false
.pageRanges
<string> Paper ranges to print, e.g., '1-5, 8, 11-13'. Defaults to the empty string, which means print all pages.format
<string> Paper format. If set, takes priority over width
or height
options. Defaults to 'Letter'.width
<string|number> Paper width, accepts values labeled with units.height
<string|number> Paper height, accepts values labeled with units.margin
<Object> Paper margins, defaults to none.
preferCSSPageSize
<boolean> Give any CSS @page
size declared in the page priority over what is declared in width
and height
or format
options. Defaults to false
, which will scale the content to fit the paper size.Return value
Promise which resolves with PDF buffer.
Parameters
files
<Array<Object>> File object should have one of the follwing properties:
options
<Object> Options object should have the following properties:
args
<Array<string>> Additional arguments to pass to the browser instance. The list of Chromium flags can be found here. This options will overwrite the default arguments. The default arguments are ['--no-sandbox', '--disable-setuid-sandbox']
.path
<string> The file path to save the PDF to. If path
is a relative path, then it is resolved to current working directory. If no path is provided, the PDF won't be saved anywhere.scale
<number> Scale of the webpage rendering. Defaults to 1
. Scale amount must be between 0.1 and 2.displayHeaderFooter
<boolean> Display header and footer. Defaults to false
.headerTemplate
<string> HTML template to print the header. Should be valid HTML markup with following classes used to inject printing values into them:
date
formatted datetitle
document titleurl
document locationpageNumber
current page numbertotalPages
total pages in the documentfooterTemplate
<string> HTML template to print the footer. Should use the same format as the headerTemplate
.printBackground
<boolean> Print background graphics. Defaults to false
.landscape
<boolean> Paper orientation. Defaults to false
.pageRanges
<string> Paper ranges to print, e.g., '1-5, 8, 11-13'. Defaults to the empty string, which means print all pages.format
<string> Paper format. If set, takes priority over width
or height
options. Defaults to 'Letter'.width
<string|number> Paper width, accepts values labeled with units.height
<string|number> Paper height, accepts values labeled with units.margin
<Object> Paper margins, defaults to none.
preferCSSPageSize
<boolean> Give any CSS @page
size declared in the page priority over what is declared in width
and height
or format
options. Defaults to false
, which will scale the content to fit the paper size.Return value
Promise which resolves with array of object which contains file objects with PDF buffers.
Example:
let options = { format: 'A4' };
let file = [{ url: "https://example.com", name: 'example.pdf' }];
html_to_pdf.generatePdfs(file, options).then(output => {
console.log("PDF Buffer:-", output); // PDF Buffer:- [{url: "https://example.com", name: "example.pdf", buffer: <PDF buffer>}]
});
FAQs
Convert any html content or html page to PDF
We found that html-pdf-node demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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