Jspdf: ReferenceError: window is not defined in NodeJs

[Hxuhao233]

Hi,i try to use jsPDF in Node but fount the error : ReferenceError: window is not defined

Are you using the latest version of jsPDF?
Yes，i use "jspdf": "^1.4.1"
Have you tried using jspdf.debug.js?
Yes
Steps to reproduce
the environment : node 8.11.3

the code:

let jsPDF = require('jspdf');


var doc = new jsPDF()

doc.text('Hello world!', 10, 10)
doc.save('a4.pdf')

the error :

d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:171
Y=$.API,K=J=X="",Y.addMetadata=function(t,e){return J=e||"http://jspdf.default.namespaceuri/",X=t,this.internal.events.subscribe("postPutResources",function(){if(X){var t='<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"><rdf:Description rdf:about="" xmlns:jspdf="'+J+'"><jspdf:metadata>',e=unescape(encodeURIComponent('<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/">')),n=unescape(encodeURIComponent(t)),r=unescape(encodeURIComponent(X)),i=unescape(encodeURIComponent("</jspdf:metadata></rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>")),o=unescape(encodeURIComponent("</x:xmpmeta>")),a=n.length+r.length+i.length+e.length+o.length;K=this.internal.newObject(),this.internal.write("<< /Type /Metadata /Subtype /XML /Length "+a+" >>"),this.internal.write("stream"),this.internal.write(e+n+r+i+o),this.internal.write("endstream"),this.internal.write("endobj")}else K=""}),this.internal.events.subscribe("putCatalog",function(){K&&this.internal.write("/Metadata "+K+" 0 R")

ReferenceError: window is not defined
    at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:171:8032
    at vt (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:146)
    at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:210)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...
ReferenceError: window is not defined
jspdf.min.js:171
    at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:171:8032
    at vt (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:146)
    at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.min.js:1:210)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)

when i use jspdf.debug.js

d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:11776
  }(typeof self !== "undefined" && self || typeof window !== "undefined" && window || window.content || window));
                                                                                      ^

ReferenceError: window is not defined
    at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:11776:87
    at _typeof (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:2:83)
    at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:5:2)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
Waiting for the debugger to disconnect...
ReferenceError: window is not defined
jspdf.debug.js:11776
    at d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:11776:87
    at _typeof (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:2:83)
    at Object.<anonymous> (d:\Users\user\js\hello\node_modules\jspdf\dist\jspdf.debug.js:5:2)
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)

Ideally a link too. Try fork this http://jsbin.com/rilace/edit?html,js,output

What I saw

What I expected

[acrosman]

I'm seeing the same issue with 1.4.1 and node 10.7.0. Just requiring the module is enough to trigger the error:

let jsPDF = require('jspdf');

[romarpla]

You could try using pdfkit, I had the same problem and this help me a lot
I make the PDF on my server side
https://www.npmjs.com/package/pdfkit

[Uzlopak]

Duplicate of #1244

[anacoimbrag]

I'm still having this issue. Did someone managed to solve it?
jsPDF v1.5.2
node v8.11.3

[Uzlopak]

Did you try jspdf.node.debug.js?

What did you get for error messages?

[johnnymaxwell]

Still occurs with Node v8.11.3 and the 20 January 2019 version of jsPDF.

[johnnymaxwell]

This (with jspdf.debug) did just work for me.

global.window = {document: {createElementNS: () => {return {}} }};
global.navigator = {};
global.btoa = () => {};
var encoding = require('encoding')
var fs = require('fs');
jsPDF = require ("jspdf.debug");
var doc = new jsPDF()
doc.text('Hello world!', 10, 10)
// Did not work --> doc.save('a4.pdf')
var data = doc.output()
var buffer = encoding.convert(data, "Latin_1")
fs.writeFileSync('hello.pdf', buffer);

[sundayguru]

For those using jspdf with server rendering: I fixed this issue by using require instead of import statement and wrapped in a function.
e.g

function savePdf() {
      const jsPDF = require('jspdf')
      const pdf = new JSPDF('p', 'mm', 'a4')
      pdf.addImage(imgBlob, 'PNG', 0, 0)
      pdf.save('test.pdf')
}

[xotonic]

Getting the error as well

node src/core/pdf.js                                                                                                                                                                  

/home/xotonic/xotonic-site/node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.min.js:37                                                                                                                      
(function(t,e){var A,n=1,S=function(t){return t.replace(/\\/g,"\\\\").replace(/\(/g,"\\(").replace(/\)/g,"\\)")},y=function(t){return t.replace(/\\\\/g,"\\").replace(/\\\(/g,"(").repl 

ReferenceError: window is not defined                                                                                                                                                   
    at /home/xotonic/xotonic-site/node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.min.js:37:30237                                                                                                         
    at /home/xotonic/xotonic-site/node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.min.js:1:124                                                                                                            
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/xotonic/xotonic-site/node_modules/jspdf/dist/jspdf.min.js:1:128)                                                                                       
    at Module._compile (module.js:652:30)                                                                                                                                               
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:663:10)                                                                                                                                 
    at Module.load (module.js:565:32)                                                                                                                                                   
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:505:12)                                                                                                                                                 
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:497:3)                                                                                                                                          
    at Module.require (module.js:596:17)                                                                                                                                                
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)                                                                                                                                               
shell returned 1  

pdf.js:

const jsPDF = require('jspdf')     
const doc = new jsPDF()            
doc.text('Hello World', 1, 1)      
doc.save('../../public/resume.pdf')

Environment:

$ npm -v
3.5.2 
$ node -v
v8.10.0

jspdf": "^1.5.3",

[adabutch]

For those using jspdf with server rendering: I fixed this issue by using require instead of import statement and wrapped in a function.
e.g

function savePdf() {
      const jsPDF = require('jspdf')
      const pdf = new JSPDF('p', 'mm', 'a4')
      pdf.addImage(imgBlob, 'PNG', 0, 0)
      pdf.save('test.pdf')
}

This method (require vs. import) worked for me, using SSR (universal) Nuxt.js.

Thanks @sundayguru!

[itsgracian]

@adabutch, me i am using this package in node js but still not working,