Pdfkit: I'm using the browser only. How can i force the browser so save / generate my PDF

Created on 30 Jun 2016 · 4Comments · Source: foliojs/pdfkit

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michapixel

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Download these:

blob-stream.js from https://github.com/devongovett/blob-stream/releases
FileSaver.js from https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/
pdfkit.js from http://pdfkit.org/

Then include them in your webpage in that order.

Start your Javascript like this:

    var doc = new PDFDocument();
    var stream = doc.pipe(blobStream());

.....Do your PDF code here, and end with....

    doc.end();
    stream.on('finish', function() {
        blob = stream.toBlob('application/pdf');
        // Line below uses FileSaver.js
        saveAs(blob, 'MyFile.pdf');
    });

walter-exit on 7 Jul 2016

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Download these:

blob-stream.js from https://github.com/devongovett/blob-stream/releases
FileSaver.js from https://github.com/eligrey/FileSaver.js/
pdfkit.js from http://pdfkit.org/

Then include them in your webpage in that order.

Start your Javascript like this:

    var doc = new PDFDocument();
    var stream = doc.pipe(blobStream());

.....Do your PDF code here, and end with....

    doc.end();
    stream.on('finish', function() {
        blob = stream.toBlob('application/pdf');
        // Line below uses FileSaver.js
        saveAs(blob, 'MyFile.pdf');
    });

walter-exit on 7 Jul 2016

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i'm getting "Uncaught TypeError: Invalid non-string/buffer chunk" on "blob-stream.js:3380 "

spyshow on 24 Oct 2016

I want to save my generated pdf by calling the api from a download method in UI. I have tried this but not working, instead getting an error stating that stream.on is not a function. Can anyone please help me on this ?