A JavaScript PDF generation library for NodeJs
npm install pdf-node --save-
Step 1 - Add required packages and read HTML template
//Required package var pdf = require("pdf-node"); var fs = require("fs"); // Read HTML Template var html = fs.readFileSync("template.html", "utf8");
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Step 2 - Create your HTML Template
<!DOCTYPE html>
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{{#each users}}
- Name: {{this.name}}
- Age: {{this.age}}
{{/each}}
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Step 3 - 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
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"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' } } };
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Step 4 - Provide HTML, user data and PDF path for output
var users = [ { name: "alpha", age: "21", }, { name: "beta", age: "23", }, { name: "gamma", age: "29", }, ]; var document = { html: html, data: { users: users, }, path: "./output.pdf", type: "pdf", };
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Step 5- After setting all parameters, just pass document and options to
pdfmethod.pdf(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:
