Node-html-pdf: Stream pdf to a URL

Created on 2 Aug 2017 · 5Comments · Source: marcbachmann/node-html-pdf

How can i stream the pdf to a url so that users are able to download it via browsers ?

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vivekiyer114

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@vivekiyer114 this works for me:

    `let tmpl = fs.readFileSync('./views/exporttopdf.html', 'utf8');
    let compiled = _.template(tmpl);
    let html = compiled(data);
    pdf.create(html).toStream((err, stream) => {

        res.setHeader('Content-disposition', 'inline; filename="Test.pdf"');
        res.setHeader('Content-type', 'application/pdf');

        stream.pipe(res);
    });`

artemgrygor on 2 Aug 2017

👍1

I can receive string like below as ajax response.

%PDF-1.4
1 0 obj
<<
/Title (��)
/Creator (��)
/Producer (��
...
...

how can I show it in new browser tab

starcraft0429 on 26 Sep 2017

Don't set the Content-Disposition header. Just the Content-Type.

const http = require('http')
const pdf = require('../../')

const server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  const html = `<html><body>Test</body></html>`
  pdf.create(html).toStream((err, stream) => {
    if (err) return res.end(err.stack)
    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/pdf')
    stream.pipe(res)
  })
})

server.listen(8080, function (err) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log('Listening on http://localhost:%s', server.address().port)
})

marcbachmann on 26 Sep 2017

👍1

I've added an example to https://github.com/marcbachmann/node-html-pdf/blob/master/examples/serve-http/index.js

marcbachmann on 27 Sep 2017

The below doesn't work, still getting

PDF-1.4↵1 0 obj↵<<↵/Title (��)↵/

                htmlPdf.create(html).toStream((err, stream) => {
                    if (err) return next(err);
                    res.setHeader('Content-type', 'application/pdf');
                    stream.pipe(res);
                });