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Create a workflow to Generate PDF with the HTML 2 PDF API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

  1. Configure the Generate PDF action
    1. Connect your HTML 2 PDF account
    2. Optional- Configure URL
    3. Optional- Configure HTML
    4. Optional- Configure Header
    5. Optional- Configure Footer
    6. Optional- Configure Page Offset
    7. Optional- Select a Page Size
    8. Optional- Select a Orientation
    9. Optional- Configure Width
    10. Optional- Configure Height
    11. Optional- Configure Top Margin
    12. Optional- Configure Bottom Margin
    13. Optional- Configure Left
    14. Optional- Configure Right
    15. Optional- Select a Unit
    16. Optional- Select a CSS Media Type
    17. Optional- Configure Optimize Layout
    18. Optional- Configure Lazy Load
    19. Optional- Configure Wait Time
    20. Optional- Configure CSS
  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.

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Generate PDF on HTML 2 PDF
Description:Creates a PDF from a URL or HTML string. [See the documentation](https://www.html2pdf.co.uk/api-documentation)
Version:0.0.1
Key:html_2_pdf-generate-pdf

Code

import { ConfigurationError } from "@pipedream/platform";
import fs from "fs";
import {
  PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS, UNIT_OPTIONS,
} from "../../common/constants.mjs";
import html2Pdf from "../../html_2_pdf.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "html_2_pdf-generate-pdf",
  name: "Generate PDF",
  description: "Creates a PDF from a URL or HTML string. [See the documentation](https://www.html2pdf.co.uk/api-documentation)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    html2Pdf,
    url: {
      type: "string",
      label: "URL",
      description: "The URL you want to convert to PDF.",
      optional: true,
    },
    html: {
      type: "string",
      label: "HTML",
      description: "The HTML you want to convert to PDF.",
      optional: true,
    },
    header: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Header",
      description: "Header in HTML format.",
      optional: true,
    },
    footer: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Footer",
      description: "Footer in HTML format.",
      optional: true,
    },
    pageOffset: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Page Offset",
      description: "Number to offset your page number",
      optional: true,
    },
    pageSize: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Page Size",
      description: "The standard page formats.",
      optional: true,
      options: PAGE_SIZE_OPTIONS,
    },
    orientation: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Orientation",
      description: "The page orientation.",
      optional: true,
      options: [
        "portrait",
        "landscape",
      ],
    },
    width: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Width",
      description: "Custom width (overrides 'Page Size').",
      optional: true,
    },
    height: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Height",
      description: "Custom height (overrides 'Page Size').",
      optional: true,
    },
    top: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Top Margin",
      description: "You need one if you want to display a header.",
      optional: true,
    },
    bottom: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Bottom Margin",
      description: "You need one if you want to display a footer.",
      optional: true,
    },
    left: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Left",
      description: "Left margin.",
      optional: true,
    },
    right: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Right",
      description: "Right margin.",
      optional: true,
    },
    unit: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Unit",
      description: "Unit for the custom width, height and margins.",
      optional: true,
      options: UNIT_OPTIONS,
    },
    cssMediaType: {
      type: "string",
      label: "CSS Media Type",
      description: "The layout CSS media type.",
      options: [
        "print",
        "screen",
      ],
      optional: true,
    },
    optimizeLayout: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Optimize Layout",
      description: "Set this to **true** if you want us to auto-optimize your layout. This helps static items on your page to only show up once, instead of on every page.",
      optional: true,
    },
    lazyLoad: {
      type: "boolean",
      label: "Lazy Load",
      description: "Set this to **true** if you want our software to wait for content to lazy load.",
      optional: true,
    },
    waitTime: {
      type: "integer",
      label: "Wait Time",
      description: "**Time in milliseconds** that you want our software to wait after the page is loaded. You typically use this when you have long running JavaScript for graphs and tables.",
      optional: true,
    },
    css: {
      type: "string",
      label: "CSS",
      description: "Use custom CSS to overwrite the default styles of your page.",
      optional: true,
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    if ((!this.url && !this.html) || (this.url && this.html)) {
      throw new ConfigurationError("You must provide either URL or HTML.");
    }
    const response = await this.html2Pdf.createPdf({
      $,
      responseType: "arraybuffer",
      params: {
        url: this.url,
        html: this.html,
        header: this.header,
        footer: this.footer,
        page_offset: this.pageOffset,
        page_size: this.pageSize,
        orientation: this.orientation,
        width: this.width,
        height: this.height,
        top: this.top,
        bottom: this.bottom,
        left: this.left,
        right: this.right,
        unit: this.unit,
        css_media_type: this.cssMediaType,
        optimize_layout: this.optimizeLayout,
        lazy_load: this.lazyLoad,
        wait_time: this.waitTime,
        css: this.css,
      },
    });

    const filePath = `/tmp/${Date.now()}.pdf`;
    fs.writeFileSync(filePath, response);

    $.export("$summary", "Generated PDF is saved at");
    $.export("file_path", filePath);
    return filePath;
  },
};

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
HTML 2 PDFhtml2PdfappThis component uses the HTML 2 PDF app.
URLurlstring

The URL you want to convert to PDF.

HTMLhtmlstring

The HTML you want to convert to PDF.

Headerheaderstring

Header in HTML format.

Footerfooterstring

Footer in HTML format.

Page OffsetpageOffsetinteger

Number to offset your page number

Page SizepageSizestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "value": "A0", "label": "A0 - 841 x 1189 mm, 33.1 x 46.8 in" }{ "value": "A1", "label": "A1 - 594 x 841 mm, 23.4 x 33.1 in" }{ "value": "A2", "label": "A2 - 420 x 594 mm, 16.5 x 23.4 in" }{ "value": "A3", "label": "A3 - 297 x 420 mm, 11.7 x 16.5 in" }{ "value": "A4", "label": "A4 - 210 x 297 mm, 8.3 x 11.7 in" }{ "value": "A5", "label": "A5 - 148 x 210 mm, 5.8 x 8.3 in" }{ "value": "A6", "label": "A6 - 105 x 148 mm, 4.1 x 5.8 in" }{ "value": "A7", "label": "A7 - 74 x 105 mm, 2.9 x 4.1 in" }{ "value": "A8", "label": "A8 - 52 x 74 mm, 2.1 x 2.9 in" }{ "value": "A9", "label": "A9 - 37 x 52 mm, 1.5 x 2.1 in" }{ "value": "B0", "label": "B0 - 1000 x 1414 mm, 39.4 x 55.7 in" }{ "value": "B1", "label": "B1 - 707 x 1000 mm, 27.8 x 39.4 in" }{ "value": "B2", "label": "B2 - 500 x 707 mm, 19.7 x 27.8 in" }{ "value": "B3", "label": "B3 - 353 x 500 mm, 13.9 x 19.7 in" }{ "value": "B4", "label": "B4 - 250 x 353 mm, 9.8 x 13.9 in" }{ "value": "B5", "label": "B5 - 176 x 250 mm, 6.9 x 9.8 in" }{ "value": "B6", "label": "B6 - 125 x 176 mm, 4.9 x 6.9 in" }{ "value": "B7", "label": "B7 - 88 x 125 mm, 3.5 x 4.9 in" }{ "value": "B8", "label": "B8 - 62 x 88 mm, 2.4 x 3.5 in" }{ "value": "B9", "label": "B9 - 44 x 62 mm, 1.7 x 2.4 in" }{ "value": "B10", "label": "B10 - 31 x 44 mm, 1.2 x 1.7 in" }{ "value": "C5E", "label": "C5E - 163 x 229 mm" }{ "value": "Comm10E", "label": "Comm10E - 105 x 241 mm, U.S. Common 10 Envelope" }{ "value": "DLE", "label": "DLE - 110 x 220 mm" }{ "value": "Executive", "label": "Executive - 7.25 x 10.5 in" }{ "value": "Folio", "label": "Folio - 210 x 330 mm" }{ "value": "Ledger", "label": "Ledger - 17 x 11 in" }{ "value": "Legal", "label": "Legal - 8.5 x 14.0 in" }{ "value": "Letter", "label": "Letter - 8.5 x 11.0 in" }{ "value": "Tabloid", "label": "Tabloid - 11 x 17 in" }
OrientationorientationstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:portraitlandscape
Widthwidthstring

Custom width (overrides 'Page Size').

Heightheightstring

Custom height (overrides 'Page Size').

Top Margintopstring

You need one if you want to display a header.

Bottom Marginbottomstring

You need one if you want to display a footer.

Leftleftstring

Left margin.

Rightrightstring

Right margin.

UnitunitstringSelect a value from the drop down menu:{ "label": "Millimeters (Default)", "value": "mm" }{ "label": "Centimeters", "value": "cm" }{ "label": "Inches", "value": "in" }{ "label": "Pixels", "value": "px" }
CSS Media TypecssMediaTypestringSelect a value from the drop down menu:printscreen
Optimize LayoutoptimizeLayoutboolean

Set this to true if you want us to auto-optimize your layout. This helps static items on your page to only show up once, instead of on every page.

Lazy LoadlazyLoadboolean

Set this to true if you want our software to wait for content to lazy load.

Wait TimewaitTimeinteger

Time in milliseconds that you want our software to wait after the page is loaded. You typically use this when you have long running JavaScript for graphs and tables.

CSScssstring

Use custom CSS to overwrite the default styles of your page.

Authentication

HTML 2 PDF uses API keys for authentication. When you connect your HTML 2 PDF account, Pipedream securely stores the keys so you can easily authenticate to HTML 2 PDF APIs in both code and no-code steps.

About HTML 2 PDF

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