HTML to PDF converter with wkhtmltopdf native library. Run on both Win/Linux operating system.
cPDFY is not a precompiled library. It will be compiled from source code in your machine.
Before install cPDFY see node-gyp prerequisite from here
npm install --global windows-build-tools
Python v2.7, v3.5, v3.6, v3.7, or v3.8
sudo apt install make
sudo apt install g++
sudo apt install libfontconfig1 libxrender1
npm install cpdfy --save
In Linux OS make sure libwkhtmltox.so.0 file exists in /usr/lib/. If libwkhtmltox.so.0 not found in /usr/lib/, please copy it from /node_module/cpdfy/lib/**/libwkhtmltox.so.0 to /usr/lib/.
/*import cPdfy instance*/
const { Cpdfy } = require('cpdfy');01# This example create pdf from url
Cpdfy.createStream({ from_url: "https://wkhtmltopdf.org/" }, (err, stream) => {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
return;
}
const fst = fs.createWriteStream(path.resolve(`./test_output/1_test_${Math.floor((0x999 + Math.random()) * 0x10000000)}.pdf`));
stream.pipe(fst);
});02# This example create pdf from html string
const html = fs.readFileSync('./test_output/test.html', { encoding: "utf-8" }).replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
Cpdfy.createStream(html, (err, stream) => {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
return;
}
const fst = fs.createWriteStream(path.resolve(`./test_output/2_test_${Math.floor((0x999 + Math.random()) * 0x10000000)}.pdf`));
stream.pipe(fst);
});03# This example create pdf from html string and write to fs.WriteStream
const file = fs.createWriteStream(path.resolve(`./test_output/3_test_${Math.floor((0x999 + Math.random()) * 0x10000000)}.pdf`));
Cpdfy.createStream(file, html, (err) => {
if (err instanceof Error) {
console.log(err);
} else {
console.log("Done...");
}
});04# This example create pdf from string with ICPdfConfig and write to WriteStream
const html = `
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="es">
<head>
<title>Test PDF</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color:red;">Hello World....</h1>
</body>
</html>
`;
const file4 = fs.createWriteStream(path.resolve(`./test_output/4_test_${Math.floor((0x999 + Math.random()) * 0x10000000)}.pdf`));
Cpdfy.createStream(file4, {
global_settings: {
documentTitle: "This is printed copy",
orientation: "Landscape",
size: {
paperSize: "Legal"
},
margin: {
top: "1.27cm",
bottom: "1.27cm",
left: "1.27cm",
right: "1.27cm",
}
}
}, html);05# This example create pdf from url and write to ServerResponse
controller.get('/pdf-test', (ctx, match) => {
const url = help.mayBeString(ctx.req.query["url"]);
if (!url) {
return ctx.res.status(200).type("text").send("Invalid request...");
}
ctx.res.status(200).noCache();
Cpdfy.createStream(ctx.res, { from_url: decodeURIComponent(url) }, (err) => err && ctx.handleError(err, () => { }));
});06# This example create pdf from url and write to ServerResponse with callback
controller.get('/pdf', (ctx, match) => {
const url = help.mayBeString(ctx.req.query["url"]);
if (!url) {
return ctx.res.status(200).type("text").send("Invalid request...");
}
Cpdfy.createStream({ from_url: decodeURIComponent(url) }, (err, stream) => {
ctx.handleError(err, () => {
Cpdfy.setHeader(ctx.res);
ctx.res.status(200).noCache().type("pdf");
stream.pipe(ctx.res);
});
});
});07# This example create pdf from url and write to ouput path
Cpdfy.generatePdf({ from_url: "https://wkhtmltopdf.org/", out_path: path.resolve('./from_url.pdf') });08# This example create pdf from url and return Buffer
Cpdfy.generatePdf({ from_url: "https://wkhtmltopdf.org/" });