Pdfkit: How to merge two pdfs

Created on 26 Aug 2015 · 5Comments · Source: foliojs/pdfkit

I am trying to merge two pdf files in a single pdf using node and pdfkit. But, I am only able to get pdf with two blank pages. Looks like addContent is completely ignored or I am using it incorrectly (most likely). Here is the code:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');
var fs = require('fs');

app.set('port', (process.env.PORT || 5000));

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));

// views is directory for all template files
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'ejs');

app.get('/', function(request, response) {
  response.render('pages/index');
});

app.get('/merge', function(request, response) {
    var doc = new PDFDocument();
    var c1 = fs.readFileSync('./pdfs/1.pdf');
    var c2 = fs.readFileSync('./pdfs/2.pdf');
    doc.addContent(c1);
    doc.addPage();
    doc.addContent(c2);
    doc.end();
    doc.pipe(response);
});

app.listen(app.get('port'), function() {
  console.log('Node app is running on port', app.get('port'));
});

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