slimer-html-pdf - convert any HTML document to PDF format using slimerjs (Gecko)

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Full support for HTML5 (including FLEX), more info: https://slimerjs.org/

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``
Firefox - free and open-source web browser
Xvfb - X virtual framebuffer
`
`
$ sudo apt-get install -y firefox xvfb
`

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`
$ npm i slimer-html-pdf --save
`
`javascript
var slimerHtmlPdf = require('slimer-html-pdf')

//max parallel instances
process.env.XVFB_DISPLAY_LIMIT = 10

const options = {
paperSize: {
format: 'A4',
orientation: 'portrait',
margin: '1cm'
},
debug: true
}

slimerHtmlPdf.convert('http://github.com', './github.pdf', options)
.then( msg => {
console.log('Successful', msg)
})
.catch( err => {
//(err == 2) No set XVFB_DISPLAY_LIMIT variable
//(err == 3) Busy (XVFB_DISPLAY_LIMIT limit reached)
console.log('Error!', err)
})
`
`
slimerHtmlPdf.convert(source, output, options)
source - HTML source
output - save path
options - options (see more: http://docs.slimerjs.org/current/api/webpage.html)
`


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How to break a page?
`
use styles!

page-break-after: auto|always|avoid|left|right|initial|inherit;

auto Default. Automatic page breaks
always Always insert a page break after the element
avoid Avoid page break after the element (if possible)
left Insert page breaks after the element so that the next page is formatted as a left page
right Insert page breaks after the element so that the next page is formatted as a right page
initial Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit
`
e.g.
`css
@media print {
footer {page-break-after: always;}
}
`
or
`html


 


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