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JSreport and Node.Js: how to generate a PDF file

I need to generate a PDF file in a Node.js server from HTML and CSS code.

I installed JSreport in a localhost Nginx server and it seems to do what I want: I enter to the web software, it receives HTML and CSS code and generate a PDF file.

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Now the Node.js server receives some parameters (like person name) and then it have to call JSreport to generate the PDF file from a HTML file that I made.

Solution

  • If you want to run jsreport server in external process, you can use jsreport nodejs client to remotely render the pdf.

    var client = require("jsreport-client")(url, username, password)
client.render({
    template: { content: "hello {{:someText}}", recipe: "html",
                engine: "jsrender" },
    data: { someText: "world!!" }
}, function(err, response) {
    response.body(function(body) {
        //prints hello world!!
        console.log(body.toString());
    });
});

    See more in docs
    https://jsreport.net/learn/nodejs-client)

    Running jsreport and your app in the same node application is described also in docs here https://jsreport.net/learn/adapting-jsreport