``` chrome-headless-render-pdf [OPTIONS] --url=URL --pdf=OUTPUT-FILE [--url=URL2 --pdf=OUTPUT-FILE2] ... Options: --help this screen --url url to load, for local files use: file:///path/to/file --pdf
npm install chrome-headless-render-pdf
chrome-headless-render-pdf [OPTIONS] --url=URL --pdf=OUTPUT-FILE [--url=URL2 --pdf=OUTPUT-FILE2] ...
Options:
--help this screen
--url url to load, for local files use: file:///path/to/file
--pdf output for generated file can be relative to current directory
--chrome-binary set chrome location (use this options when autodetection fail)
--chrome-option set chrome option, can be used multiple times, e.g. --chrome-option=--no-sandbox
--remote-host set chrome host (for remote process)
--remote-port set chrome port (for remote process)
--no-margins disable default 1cm margins
--include-background include elements background
--landscape generate pdf in landscape orientation
--window-size specify window size, width(,x*)height (e.g. --window-size 1600,1200 or --window-size 1600x1200)
--paper-width specify page width in inches (defaults to 8.5 inches)
--paper-height specify page height in inches (defaults to 11 inches)
--page-ranges specify pages to render default all pages, e.g. 1-5, 8, 11-13
--scale specify scale of the webpage rendering (defaults to 1)
--display-header-footer display text headers and footers
--header-template HTML template for the header. Inject variables using the classes "date", "title", "url", "pageNumber" or "totalPages"
--footerTemplate HTML template for the footer. Inject variables using the classes "date", "title", "url", "pageNumber" or "totalPages"
--js-time-budget Virtual time budget in ms to wait for js execution (default 5000)
--animation-time-budget Time budget in ms to wait for in progress animations to finish (default 5000) Example:
Render single pdf file
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url http://google.com --pdf test.pdf
Render pdf from local file
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url file:///tmp/example.html --pdf test.pdf
Render multiple pdf files
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url http://google.com --pdf test.pdf --url file:///tmp/example.html --pdf test2.pdf
Render pdf with custom footer and no header (styles are mandatory)
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url file:///tmp/example.html --pdf test.pdf --display-header-footer --header-template ' ' --footer-template '
'
This tool can be also used programmatically:
const RenderPDF = require('chrome-headless-render-pdf');
RenderPDF.generateSinglePdf('http://google.com', 'outputPdf.pdf');
const RenderPDF = require('chrome-headless-render-pdf');
RenderPDF.generateMultiplePdf([
{url: 'http://google.com', pdf: 'outputPdf.pdf'},
{utl: 'http://example.com', pdf: 'outputPdf2.pdf'}
]);
const RenderPDF = require('chrome-headless-render-pdf');
RenderPDF.generatePdfBuffer('http://google.com')
.then((pdfBuffer) => {
console.log(pdfBuffer);
});
you can also use it from typescript or es6
import RenderPDF from 'chrome-headless-render-pdf';
RenderPDF.generateSinglePdf('http://google.com', 'outputPdf.pdf');