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Generate PDF from HTML String with Browserless API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Generate PDF from HTML String with the Browserless API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Generate PDF from HTML String action
1. Connect your Browserless account
2. Configure HTML String
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Generate PDF from HTML String on Browserless

Description:See https://docs.browserless.io/docs/pdf.html

Version:0.4.1

Key:browserless-convert-html-to-pdf

Code#

// legacy_hash_id: a_B0ip1E
import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform";

export default {
  key: "browserless-convert-html-to-pdf",
  name: "Generate PDF from HTML String",
  description: "See https://docs.browserless.io/docs/pdf.html",
  version: "0.4.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    browserless: {
      type: "app",
      app: "browserless",
    },
    html: {
      type: "string",
      label: "HTML String",
      description: "HTML to render as a PDF",
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const { html } = this;

    const data = await axios($, {
      method: "POST",
      url: `https://chrome.browserless.io/pdf?token=${this.browserless.$auth.api_key}`,
      headers: {
        "Cache-Control": "no-cache",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      responseType: "arraybuffer",
      data: {
        html,
        options: {
          displayHeaderFooter: true,
          printBackground: false,
          format: "Letter",
        },
      },
    });

    $.export("pdf", Buffer.from(data, "binary").toString("base64"));
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Browserless	`browserless`	`app`	This component uses the Browserless app.
HTML String	`html`	`string`	HTML to render as a PDF

Authentication#

Browserless uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your Browserless account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to Browserless APIs in both code and no-code steps.

Sign-up for a browserless account, it will create a unique token that allows service interaction.

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Browserless is a service that allows you to run headless Chrome instances in the cloud.

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