Here, i will give you simple example of how to generate pdf file in node.js. we will use pdfkit npm package to create pdf file. you can follow bellow step and see creating new pdf file with text and image.
Step 1: Create Node App
run bellow command and create node app.
mkdir my-appcd my-app npm init
Install Express using bellow command:
npm install express --save
Install pdfkit using bellow command:
npm install pdfkit --save
Step 2: Create server.js file
Here, make sure you have “uploads” folder and one image name with node-js-file-size.png.
server.js
const PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');var fs = require('fs'); const doc = new PDFDocument(); doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('it-example.pdf')); doc.fontSize(27) .text('This is example from ItSolutionStuff.com', 100, 100); doc.image('uploads/node-js-file-size.png', { fit: [400, 400], align: 'center', valign: 'center' }); doc.addPage() .fontSize(15) .text('Generating PDF with the help of pdfkit npm', 100, 100); doc.addPage() .fillColor('blue') .text('The link for ItSolutionStuff.com website', 100, 100) .link(100, 100, 160, 27, 'https://www.itsolutionstuff.com/'); doc.end();
now you can simply run by following command:
node server.js
