wkhtmltopdf-nodejs-options-wrapper

A wrapper of wkhtmltopdf options.

Usage

It can be used in a client for wkhtmltopdf-nodejs-ws-server (it has to be started) with webpack like following:

1. Install from npm:

• webpack,
• wkhtmltopdf-nodejs-options-wrapper,
• socket.io-client.

2. Create client.js file with contents:

var wkhtmlToPdf = require('wkhtmltopdf-nodejs-options-wrapper'),
    io = require('socket.io-client');

var socket = io('http://192.168.33.125:3000'); //<-address of websocket server.

var page = new wkhtmlToPdf.Page(),
    request = new wkhtmlToPdf.CreateRequest();

//let's generate pdf from google page
page.setInput('http://google.com');

request.setDebug(true); //all debug output will be returned from server
request.addPage(page);
request.getGlobalOptions().setPageSize('Letter'); //default page size is A4

setTimeout(function() {
    socket.emit('create', request.toObject());

    socket.on('pdf:create:success', function(response) {
        console.log('Pdf created: http://192.168.33.125:3000/result_' + response.handle + '.pdf');
        console.log(response);

        // later we can delete pdf: socket.emit('delete', response.handle);
    });

    socket.on('pdf:create:fail', function(response) {
        console.log('Pdf creation failed!');
        console.log(response);
    });
}, 2000);

3. Create webpack.config.js file with webpack configuration:

module.exports = {
    entry: "./client.js",
    output: {
        path: __dirname,
        filename: "compiled.js"
    }
};

4. Compile client.js

Run webpack command from the folder where client.js and webpack.config.js are located. It will create compiled.js file that can be used in html script tag.

5. Finish

Include compiled.js script to any html file and open it in any brower.

After steps 1-5 are done pdf with google page will be generated and you will see link to it in js debugger.

Running tests

To run unit tests you can use npm test command.