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Create a workflow to Get PDF with the Puppeteer API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Get PDF action
    1. Connect your Puppeteer account
    2. Configure URL
    3. Optional- Configure Download Path
    4. Optional- Configure Display Header Footer
    5. Optional- Configure Footer Template
    6. Optional- Select a Format
    7. Optional- Configure Header Template
    8. Optional- Configure Height
    9. Optional- Configure Landscape
    10. Optional- Configure Bottom Margin
    11. Optional- Configure Left Margin
    12. Optional- Configure Right Margin
    13. Optional- Configure Top Margin
    14. Optional- Configure Omit Background
    15. Optional- Configure Page Ranges
    16. Optional- Configure Prefer CSS Page Size
    17. Optional- Configure Print Background
    18. Optional- Configure Scale
    19. Optional- Configure Timeout
    20. Optional- Configure Width
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. 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.

Get PDF on Puppeteer
Description:Generate a PDF of a page using Puppeteer. [See the documentation](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.page.pdf)
Version:1.0.2
Key:puppeteer-get-pdf

Code

import puppeteer from "../../puppeteer.app.mjs";
import constants from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import common from "../common/common.mjs";
import fs from "fs";

export default {
  ...common,
  key: "puppeteer-get-pdf",
  name: "Get PDF",
  description:
    "Generate a PDF of a page using Puppeteer. [See the documentation](https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.page.pdf)",
  version: "1.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    puppeteer,
    ...common.props,
    downloadPath: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Download Path",
      description:
        "Download the PDF to the `/tmp` directory with the specified filename",
      optional: true,
    },
    displayHeaderFooter: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Display Header Footer",
      description: "Whether to show the header and footer.",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
    footerTemplate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Footer Template",
      description: "HTML template for the print footer.",
      optional: true,
    },
    format: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Format",
      description: "The paper format of the PDF",
      options: constants.PAPER_FORMAT,
      optional: true,
    },
    headerTemplate: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Header Template",
      description:
        "HTML template for the print header. Should be valid HTML with the following classes used to inject values into them: `date` - formatted print date, `title` - document title, `url` - document location, `pageNumber` - current page number, `totalPages` - total pages in the document.",
      optional: true,
    },
    height: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Height",
      description:
        "Sets the height of paper. You can pass in a number or a string with a unit.",
      optional: true,
    },
    landscape: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Landscape",
      description: "Whether to print in landscape orientation.",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
    marginBottom: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Bottom Margin",
      description: "Margin for the bottom of the page",
      optional: true,
    },
    marginLeft: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Left Margin",
      description: "Margin for the left side of the page",
      optional: true,
    },
    marginRight: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Right Margin",
      description: "Margin for the right side of the page",
      optional: true,
    },
    marginTop: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Top Margin",
      description: "Margin for the top of the page",
      optional: true,
    },
    omitBackground: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Omit Background",
      description:
        "Hides default white background and allows generating pdfs with transparency.",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
    pageRanges: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Page Ranges",
      description: "Paper ranges to print, e.g. 1-5, 8, 11-13.",
      optional: true,
    },
    preferCSSPageSize: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Prefer CSS Page Size",
      description:
        "Give any CSS @page size declared in the page priority over what is declared in the width or height or format option.",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
    printBackground: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Print Background",
      description: "Set to true to print background graphics.",
      optional: true,
      default: false,
    },
    scale: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Scale",
      description:
        "Scales the rendering of the web page. Amount must be between 0.1 and 2.",
      optional: true,
    },
    timeout: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Timeout",
      description: "Timeout in milliseconds. Pass 0 to disable timeout.",
      optional: true,
      default: 30000,
    },
    width: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Width",
      description:
        "Sets the width of paper. You can pass in a number or a string with a unit.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  methods: {
    async downloadToTMP(pdf) {
      const path = this.downloadPath.includes("/tmp")
        ? this.downloadPath
        : `/tmp/${this.downloadPath}`;
      fs.writeFileSync(path, pdf);
      return path;
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const options = {
      displayHeaderFooter: this.displayHeaderFooter,
      footerTemplate: this.footerTemplate,
      format: this.format,
      headerTemplate: this.headerTemplate,
      height: this.height,
      landscape: this.landscape,
      margin: {
        bottom: this.marginBottom,
        left: this.marginLeft,
        right: this.marginRight,
        top: this.marginTop,
      },
      omitBackground: this.omitBackground,
      pageRanges: this.pageRanges,
      preferCSSPageSize: this.preferCSSPageSize,
      printBackground: this.printBackground,
      scale: this.scale
        ? parseFloat(this.scale)
        : undefined,
      timeout: this.timeout,
      width: this.width,
    };

    const url = this.normalizeUrl();
    const browser = await this.puppeteer.launch();
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.goto(url);
    const pdf = await page.pdf(options);
    await browser.close();

    const filePath =
      pdf && this.downloadPath
        ? await this.downloadToTMP(pdf)
        : undefined;

    if (pdf) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully generated PDF from ${url}`);
    }

    return filePath
      ? {
        pdf,
        filePath,
      }
      : pdf;
  },
};

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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
PuppeteerpuppeteerappThis component uses the Puppeteer app.
URLurlstring

The URL of the page to scrape. For example, https://example.com.

Download PathdownloadPathstring

Download the PDF to the /tmp directory with the specified filename

Display Header FooterdisplayHeaderFooterboolean

Whether to show the header and footer.

Footer TemplatefooterTemplatestring

HTML template for the print footer.

FormatformatstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "value": "letter", "label": "Letter - 8.5in x 11in" }{ "value": "legal", "label": "Legal - 8.5in x 14in" }{ "value": "tabloid", "label": "Tabloid - 11in x 17in" }{ "value": "ledger", "label": "Ledger - 17in x 11in" }{ "value": "a0", "label": "A0 - 33.1in x 46.8in" }{ "value": "a1", "label": "A1 - 23.4in x 33.1in" }{ "value": "a2", "label": "A2 - 16.54in x 23.4in" }{ "value": "a3", "label": "A3 - 11.7in x 16.54in" }{ "value": "a4", "label": "A4 - 8.27in x 11.7in" }{ "value": "a5", "label": "A5 - 5.83in x 8.27in" }{ "value": "a6", "label": "A6 - 4.13in x 5.83in" }
Header TemplateheaderTemplatestring

HTML template for the print header. Should be valid HTML with the following classes used to inject values into them: date - formatted print date, title - document title, url - document location, pageNumber - current page number, totalPages - total pages in the document.

Heightheightstring

Sets the height of paper. You can pass in a number or a string with a unit.

Landscapelandscapeboolean

Whether to print in landscape orientation.

Bottom MarginmarginBottomstring

Margin for the bottom of the page

Left MarginmarginLeftstring

Margin for the left side of the page

Right MarginmarginRightstring

Margin for the right side of the page

Top MarginmarginTopstring

Margin for the top of the page

Omit BackgroundomitBackgroundboolean

Hides default white background and allows generating pdfs with transparency.

Page RangespageRangesstring

Paper ranges to print, e.g. 1-5, 8, 11-13.

Prefer CSS Page SizepreferCSSPageSizeboolean

Give any CSS @page size declared in the page priority over what is declared in the width or height or format option.

Print BackgroundprintBackgroundboolean

Set to true to print background graphics.

Scalescalestring

Scales the rendering of the web page. Amount must be between 0.1 and 2.

Timeouttimeoutinteger

Timeout in milliseconds. Pass 0 to disable timeout.

Widthwidthstring

Sets the width of paper. You can pass in a number or a string with a unit.

Authentication

The Puppeteer API does not require authentication.

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