Simple plugin to generate (offline) pdf. the plugin basically transform HTML to PDF and also provide the mecanism to share the pdf to other apps like Mail, etc.
For now the only ecosystem supported is IOS, but soon will make this plugin available for Android/Windows.
##Features
- Generates a PDF document using a URL or HTML raw data. for better results with raw HTML the CSS should be available for the device.
- Open-with menu.
- Return the Base64 file representation back, so you can upload the file to a server.
cordova platform add ios
plugman install --platform ios --project platforms/ios --plugin cordova-pdf-generator
npm install cordova-pdf-generator
cordova plugins add node_modules/cordova-pdf-generator
Clone the plugin
$ git clone https://github.com/cesarvr/pdf-generator
Create a new Cordova Project
$ cordova create hello com.example.helloapp Hello
Install the plugin
$ cd hello
$ cordova plugin add ../pdf-generator
Example:
This generates a pdf from a URL, it convert HTML to PDF and returns the file representation in base64.
document.addEventListener('deviceready', function() {
pdf.htmlToPDF({
url: "http://www.google.es",
documentSize: "A4",
landscape: "portrait",
type: "base64"
}, this.success, this.failure);
});The same but giving HTML without URL.
document.addEventListener('deviceready', function() {
pdf.htmlToPDF({
data: "<html> <h1> Hello World </h1> </html>",
documentSize: "A4",
landscape: "portrait",
type: "base64"
}, this.success, this.failure);
});Opening the pdf with other app menu.
document.addEventListener('deviceready', function() {
pdf.htmlToPDF({
data: "<html> <h1> Hello World </h1> </html>",
documentSize: "A4",
landscape: "portrait",
type: "share" //use share to open the open-with-menu.
}, this.success, this.failure);
});There also a demo here.
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data: here you sent raw HTML.
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url: url location of the webpage.
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documentSize: for now only support "A4" and "A3".
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landscape: portrait or landscape.
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type:
- base64 give you the pdf in Base64 format.
- share opens IOS menu with all options available, this came handy when you want IOS take ownership of the Doc.
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success callback: only expect one parameter base64 in case you choose 'base64' type option or boolean in case you to share.
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failure callback: receive error information about what going wrong, for now is just raw exception so i need to improve this.
Install iOS or Android platform
cordova platform add ios
cordova platform add android [comming soon...]
Run the code
cordova run
For more information on setting up Cordova see the documentation
For more info on plugins see the Plugin Development Guide