electron-pdf

Pdf rendering service with electron

Usage

With Docker:

$ docker run -p 3000:3000 bro0k/electron-pdf

Run locally

$ npm i -g electron-prebuilt
$ electron .

API

Endpoints

GET /:url

url: Absolute url to the webpage you want to have rendered.

$ curl http://localhost:3000/https://www.google.com > google.pdf

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POST /

Send a html string as the request body.

$ curl -L https://www.google.com | curl -X POST -d @- http://localhost:3000/ > google.pdf

Options

Use following request headers to control the output pdf appearance.

• x-pdf-orientation: landscape or portrait - Page orientation, defaults to portrait.
• x-pdf-no-backgrounds: Presence of this header prevents backgrounds from being printed.
• x-pdf-margins: default, none or minimum - Margin type, defaults to default.
• x-pdf-pageSize: A4, A3, Legal, Letter or Tabloid - Paper size, defaults to A4.
• x-pdf-pageSize: A4, A3, Legal, Letter or Tabloid - Paper size, defaults to A4.
• x-pdf-outputWait or x-pdf-printDelay: Time to wait (in MS) between page load and PDF creation. If used in conjunction with -e this will override the default timeout of 10 seconds.
• x-pdf-waitForJSEvent: The name of the event to wait before PDF creation .