@protacon/html-to-pdf

html-to-pdf

What is this?

Simple tool to convert HTML content to PDF

Installation, configure and usage

Preconditions

First of all you have to install npm and node.js to your box - note that NodeJS 6+ is required. See following links to help you with installation:

• Installing Node.js via package manager
• Node Version Manager

Installation

First of all you have to install npm and node.js to your box. Installation instructions can be found here.

Note that node.js 6.x is required.

$ git clone https://github.com/ProtaconSolutions/html-to-pdf.git
$ cd html-to-pdf

# install the project's dependencies
$ npm install

# fast install (via Yarn, https://yarnpkg.com)
$ yarn install  # or yarn

Usage

Command line

See help

$ npm run convert
# OR
$ node bin/convert

Creating example file

$ npm run convert -- src/examples/example.html example.pdf --data '{"title": "Awesome", "content": "Lorem ipsum dolor."}'
# OR
$ node bin/convert src/examples/example.html example.pdf --data '{"title": "Awesome", "content": "Lorem ipsum dolor."}'

Web UI

Start server

$ npm start

Then open your http://localhost:3000/ within your favorite browser.

Translators

Translators are way to make embedded dataconversions to templates.

data: { barcode: '[translate:type]value'}

barcode

Translates textual content as barcode. Output is base64 encoded image string.

data: { barcode: '[translate:barcode]AE5C9B'}

Can be embedded to template HTML:

<img src="{{ barcode }}"/>

API

Author

Protacon Solutions Ltd

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Protacon Solutions Ltd