Server-Side PDF Generation

[bpj]

There was a mention of needing this towards the end of the thread below but though having a FR might make it easier for the team to track.

In a nutshell there are lots of places where you might want to control pdf generation rather than it being on the client-side (e.g. I want to send PDFs filled with dynamic content to an e-signature platform)

Using App Connect PDF Creator

Intro App Connect PDF Creator allows you turn any area of your page into PDF. It includes different customization options such as headers, footers, watermark, page margins and other styling options. The PDF Creator works on the client-side and can be used with static and dynamically rendered data on your page. Note: due to the nature of PDF files, this module has some limitations in what HTML and CSS code can be converted to PDF. Basic Bootstrap columns for text align, headings, images and t…

[bpj]

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[Hyperbytes]

The app connect component appear to be based on pdfmake which is also available in a server side form via an npm extension so I assume giving us this as a server side feature should not be too difficult?

[Journeyman]

I would be in favour of a server side PDF creator as this is the exact feature I need at the moment

[famousmag]

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[baitabihaviour]

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[miu]

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[seriatim]

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[s.alpaslan]

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[Mozzi]

Im not trying to hi-jack this ...

but i use https://www.api2pdf.com/ ....

Convert HTML and URLs to PDF format with Headless Chrome or wkhtmltopdf.

I not sure how they do this.. but i can point it to a page where the data is located.. eg invoice page.. or something.. and it will "render" that page pretty perfectly... without me having to "build it in PDF" format...

Its pretty nifty...

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[sitestreet]

That is a great service but there is a data protection issue when it's processed by a third party so having it all done locally will always be the better option.