pdf-generation

ITextSharp insert text to an existing pdf

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I found a way to do it (dont know if it is the best but it works) string oldFile = “oldFile.pdf”; string newFile = “newFile.pdf”; // open the reader PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(oldFile); Rectangle size = reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1); Document document = new Document(size); // open the writer FileStream fs = new FileStream(newFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write); PdfWriter … Read more

HTML to PDF with Node.js

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Extending upon Mustafa’s answer. A) Install http://phantomjs.org/ and then B) install the phantom node module https://github.com/amir20/phantomjs-node C) Here is an example of rendering a pdf var phantom = require(‘phantom’); phantom.create().then(function(ph) { ph.createPage().then(function(page) { page.open(“http://www.google.com”).then(function(status) { page.render(‘google.pdf’).then(function() { console.log(‘Page Rendered’); ph.exit(); }); }); }); }); Output of the PDF: EDIT: Silent printing that PDF java -jar … Read more

Puppeteer wait until page is completely loaded

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You can use page.waitForNavigation() to wait for the new page to load completely before generating a PDF: await page.goto(fullUrl, { waitUntil: ‘networkidle0’, }); await page.type(‘#username’, ‘scott’); await page.type(‘#password’, ‘tiger’); await page.click(‘#Login_Button’); await page.waitForNavigation({ waitUntil: ‘networkidle0’, }); await page.pdf({ path: outputFileName, displayHeaderFooter: true, headerTemplate: ”, footerTemplate: ”, printBackground: true, format: ‘A4’, }); If there is a … Read more

Render HTML to PDF in Django site

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Try the solution from Reportlab. Download it and install it as usual with python setup.py install You will also need to install the following modules: xhtml2pdf, html5lib, pypdf with easy_install. Here is an usage example: First define this function: import cStringIO as StringIO from xhtml2pdf import pisa from django.template.loader import get_template from django.template import Context … Read more