pdf-node-creator
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Step 1 - install the pdf creator package using the following command
$ npm i pdf-creator-node --save
--save flag adds package name to package.json file.
Step 2 - Add required packages and read HTML template
//Required package
var pdf = require("pdf-creator-node");
var fs = require('fs');
// Read HTML Template
var html = fs.readFileSync('template.html', 'utf8');
Step 3 - Create your HTML Template
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<mate charest="utf-8" />
<title>Hello world!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>User List</h1>
<ul>
{{#each users}}
<li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
<li>Age: {{this.age}}</li>
<br>
{{/each}}
</ul>
</body>
</html>
There are some integrated helpers you can use, two to be exact
isdefined - check if data is defined
<h1>User List</h1>
<ul>
{{#each users}}
{{#if isdefined this}}
<li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
<li>Age: {{this.age}}</li>
{{/if}}
<br>
{{/each}}
</ul>
increment - useful for numerating by @index
<h1>User List</h1>
<ul>
{{#each users}}
<li>User No: {{increment @index}}.</li>
<li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
<li>Age: {{this.age}}</li>
<br>
{{/each}}
</ul>
Step 4 - Provide format and orientation as per your need
"height": "10.5in", // allowed units: mm, cm, in, px
"width": "8in", // allowed units: mm, cm, in, px
or -
"format": "Letter", // allowed units: A3, A4, A5, Legal, Letter, Tabloid
"orientation": "portrait", // portrait or landscape
var options = {
format: "A3",
orientation: "portrait",
border: "10mm",
header: {
height: "45mm",
contents: '<div style="text-align: center;">Author: Shyam Hajare</div>'
},
"footer": {
"height": "28mm",
"contents": {
first: 'Cover page',
2: 'Second page', // Any page number is working. 1-based index
default: '<span style="color: #444;">{{page}}</span>/<span>{{pages}}</span>', // fallback value
last: 'Last Page'
}
};
Step 5 - Provide HTML, user data and PDF path for output
var users = [
{
name:"Shyam",
age:"26"
},
{
name:"Navjot",
age:"26"
},
{
name:"Vitthal",
age:"26"
}
]
var document = {
html: html,
data: {
users: users
},
path: "./output.pdf"
};
Step 6 - After setting all parameters, just pass document and options to pdf.create method.
pdf.create(document, options)
.then(res => {
console.log(res)
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error)
});
Please refer to the following if you want to use conditions in your HTML template:
FAQs
node pdf creator
The npm package pdf-node-creator receives a total of 57 weekly downloads. As such, pdf-node-creator popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that pdf-node-creator 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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