Follow these steps to convert HTML to PDF

• Step 1 - install the pdf creator package using the following command

  $ npm i pdf-creator-node --save

  > --save flag adds package name to package.json file.

• Step 2 - Add required packages and read HTML template

  //Required package
  var pdf = require("pdf-creator-node");
  var fs = require("fs");
  
  // Read HTML Template
  var html = fs.readFileSync("template.html", "utf8");
  

• Step 3 - Create your HTML Template

  
  
    
      
      <title>Hello world!</title>
    
    
      <h1>User List</h1>
      <ul>
        {{#each users}}
        <li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
        <li>Age: {{this.age}}</li>
        <br>
        {{/each}}
      </ul>
    
  
  

• Step 4 - Provide format and orientation as per your need

  > "height": "10.5in", // allowed units: mm, cm, in, px

  > "width": "8in", // allowed units: mm, cm, in, px

  • or -

  > "format": "Letter", // allowed units: A3, A4, A5, Legal, Letter, Tabloid

  > "orientation": "portrait", // portrait or landscape

      var options = {
          format: "A3",
          orientation: "portrait",
          border: "10mm",
          header: {
              height: "45mm",
              contents: '<div style="text-align: center;">Author: Shyam Hajare</div>'
          },
          footer: {
              height: "28mm",
              contents: {
                  first: 'Cover page',
                  2: 'Second page', // Any page number is working. 1-based index
                  default: '<span style="color: #444;">{{page}}</span>/<span>{{pages}}</span>', // fallback value
                  last: 'Last Page'
              }
          }
      };
  

• Step 5 - Provide HTML, user data and PDF path for output

  var users = [
    {
      name: "Shyam",
      age: "26",
    },
    {
      name: "Navjot",
      age: "26",
    },
    {
      name: "Vitthal",
      age: "26",
    },
  ];
  var document = {
    html: html,
    data: {
      users: users,
    },
    path: "./output.pdf",
    type: "",
  };
  // By default a file is created but you could switch between Buffer and Streams by using "buffer" or "stream" respectively.
  

• Step 6 - After setting all parameters, just pass document and options to pdf.create method.

  pdf
    .create(document, options)
    .then((res) => {
      console.log(res);
    })
    .catch((error) => {
      console.error(error);
    });
  

If Conditional Checks

You can do conditional checks by calling helper block ifCond example

{{#ifCond inputData "===" toCheckValue}}

  
    
    <title>Hello world!</title>
  
  
    <h1>User List</h1>
    <ul>
      {{#each users}}
      <li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
      <li>Age: {{#ifCond this.age '===' '26'}}</li>
      <br>
      {{/ifCond}}
      {{/each}}
    </ul>
  

Can check variables with different type ie string, integer, boolean, double

Other logical operators are-:

• ==

   {{#ifCond inputData "==" toCheckValue}}
  

• ===

   {{#ifCond inputData "===" toCheckValue}}
  

• !=

   {{#ifCond inputData "!=" toCheckValue}}
  

• !==

   {{#ifCond inputData "!==" toCheckValue}}
  

• <

   {{#ifCond inputData "<" toCheckValue}}
  

• <=

   {{#ifCond inputData "<=" toCheckValue}}
  

• '>

   {{#ifCond inputData ">" toCheckValue}}
  

• '>=

   {{#ifCond inputData ">=" toCheckValue}}
  

• &&

   {{#ifCond inputData "&&" toCheckValue}}
  

• ||

   {{#ifCond inputData "||" toCheckValue}}
  

##NOTE!! You can only match 2 variables

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License

pdf-creator-node is MIT licensed.