is it possible repeat rows of table in pdf file with pdfmake.js

Question

Is it possible torepeat rows in table generated in pdf with pdfmake.min.js? I am creating a PDF file. in which I need to repeat row of table according my api response, which is an array of object.

var dd = {content: [
                    {   
                     table: {
                        body: [
                               [ 'Col1', 'Col2', 'Col3'],
                               [ '1', '2', '3'],
                               [ '1', '2', '3']
                              ]
                            }
                    }
                   ]
         };

This is the simple way of creating table with pdfmake. my question is can we use any alternative(like ng-repeat) to repeat large data in table's rows? I got the best way to generate pdf is with pdfmake. suggest me how to repeat table rows.

Answer 1

So I assume you are creating your pdf like: pdfMake.createPdf(dd).open();

where the dd variable is basically just a simple javascript object. You can extend that any way you want with arrays, and whatnot, for example:

var
  body = [],
  content = [],
  dd = {
    'content' : content 
  };

body.push(['col1', 'col2', 'col3']);

var secondRow = [];

// Push numbers 0, 1, 2
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
  secondRow.push("i is:" + i);
}

body.push(secondRow);

// ...
// Manipulate the 'body' any way you want.
// ...

// Lets push the manipulated body into the 'content'
// which is already inside the 'dd'.
content.push({
  'table' : {
    'body' : body
  }
});

// Now with all the manipulated data, create the pdf.
pdfMake.createPdf(dd).open();

So the point is, to manipulate this js object the way you want, when you are all set and done, call the createPdf.

If you paste my script into pdfmake-playground, you can see what I mean.