node pdf creator
- 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
``javascript
//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
`html`
User List
{{#each users}}
{{/each}}
- 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
`javascript`
var options = {
format: "A3",
orientation: "portrait",
border: "10mm",
header: {
height: "45mm",
contents: 'Author: Shyam Hajare'
},
footer: {
height: "28mm",
contents: {
first: 'Cover page',
2: 'Second page', // Any page number is working. 1-based index
default: '{{page}}/{{pages}}', // fallback value
last: 'Last Page'
}
}
};
- Step 5 - Provide HTML, user data and PDF path for output
`javascript`
var users = [
{
name: "Shyam",
age: "26",
},
{
name: "Navjot",
age: "26",
},
{
name: "Vitthal",
age: "26",
},
];
var document = {
html: html,
data: {
users: users,
},
path: "./output.pdf",
type: "",
};
// By default a file is created but you could switch between Buffer and Streams by using "buffer" or "stream" respectively.
- Step 6 - After setting all parameters, just pass document and options to pdf.create method.
`javascript`
pdf
.create(document, options)
.then((res) => {
console.log(res);
})
.catch((error) => {
console.error(error);
});
`js`
{{#ifCond inputData "===" toCheckValue}}
`html`
User List
{{#each users}}
{{/ifCond}}
{{/each}}
Can check variables with different type ie _string_, _integer_, _boolean_, _double_
Other logical operators are-:
- ==
`js`
{{#ifCond inputData "==" toCheckValue}}
`
- ===
js`
{{#ifCond inputData "===" toCheckValue}}
`
- !=
js`
{{#ifCond inputData "!=" toCheckValue}}
`
- !==
js`
{{#ifCond inputData "!==" toCheckValue}}
`
- <
js`
{{#ifCond inputData "<" toCheckValue}}
`
- <=
js`
{{#ifCond inputData "<=" toCheckValue}}
`
- '>
js`
{{#ifCond inputData ">" toCheckValue}}
`
- '>=
js`
{{#ifCond inputData ">=" toCheckValue}}
`
- &&
js`
{{#ifCond inputData "&&" toCheckValue}}
`
- ||
js``
{{#ifCond inputData "||" toCheckValue}}
##NOTE!!
You can only match 2 variables
pdf-creator-node is MIT licensed.