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Use https ressources to generate pdf (with Flying Saucer / itext)

I want to create a pdf from html with external resources (jpg, css).

Here is the code used to generated the pdf File object, with Flying Saucer and itext :

ITextRenderer iTextRenderer = new ITextRenderer();
iTextRenderer.setDocumentFromString(xhtmlString);
iTextRenderer.layout();

File file = new File("test.pdf");
FileOutputStream os = new FileOutputStream(file);
iTextRenderer.createPDF(os);
os.close();

Unfortunatly, all the resources linked with https are ignored, while http resources work well.

EDIT :

I extended ITextUserAgent to intercept the https call resources, and I got this error :

sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target

So I need to have a certificate to get those https resources.

Here is exactly the same problem than me.

Solution

  • Here is a link to a java-native way of loading data from HTTPS servers.

    Right now, you're using Flying Saucer's implementation of XML parsing, which doesn't seem to reference much HTTPS support in its documentation. I would use the above workaround, and then pass the DOM to the Renderer directly.