Create PDF documents from React Components
npm install react-to-pdfEasily create PDF documents from React components.
``Yarn
yarn add react-to-pdf
Important Notes
- Not vectorized - the pdf is created from a screenshot of the component and therefore is not vectorized. If you are looking for something more advanced to generate pdf using React components, please check out other popular alternatives packages listed below.
- No SSR
Alternatives and Similars Packages
- @react-pdf/renderer - React renderer to create PDF files on the browser and server
- react-pdf - Display PDFs in your React app as easily as if they were images.
Examples
hook
- Using default function
- Multipage support
- Advanced options Usage
Using
usePDF hook`jsx
import { usePDF } from 'react-to-pdf';const Component = () => {
const { toPDF, targetRef } = usePDF({filename: 'page.pdf'});
return (
Content to be generated to PDF
)
}
`
Stackblitz demo
Using default function
jsx
import { useRef } from 'react';
import generatePDF from 'react-to-pdf';const Component = () => {
const targetRef = useRef();
return (
Content to be included in the PDF
)
}
`
Stackblitz demoAdvanced options
jsx
import generatePDF, { Resolution, Margin } from 'react-to-pdf';const options = {
// default is
save
method: 'open',
// default is Resolution.MEDIUM = 3, which should be enough, higher values
// increases the image quality but also the size of the PDF, so be careful
// using values higher than 10 when having multiple pages generated, it
// might cause the page to crash or hang.
resolution: Resolution.HIGH,
page: {
// margin is in MM, default is Margin.NONE = 0
margin: Margin.SMALL,
// default is 'A4'
format: 'letter',
// default is 'portrait'
orientation: 'landscape',
},
canvas: {
// default is 'image/jpeg' for better size performance
mimeType: 'image/png',
qualityRatio: 1
},
// Customize any value passed to the jsPDF instance and html2canvas
// function. You probably will not need this and things can break,
// so use with caution.
overrides: {
// see https://artskydj.github.io/jsPDF/docs/jsPDF.html for more options
pdf: {
compress: true
},
// see https://html2canvas.hertzen.com/configuration for more options
canvas: {
useCORS: true
}
},
};// you can use a function to return the target element besides using React refs
const getTargetElement = () => document.getElementById('content-id');
const Component = () => {
return (
Content to be generated to PDF
);
}