electron-pdf | 📄 A command line tool to generate PDF from URL, HTML or Markdown files

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kandi X-RAY | electron-pdf Summary

electron-pdf is a JavaScript library typically used in Utilities, Nodejs applications. electron-pdf has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has medium support. You can install using 'npm i electron-pdf' or download it from GitHub, npm.

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electron-pdf has a medium active ecosystem.

It has 1187 star(s) with 138 fork(s). There are 28 watchers for this library.

There were 1 major release(s) in the last 12 months.

There are 48 open issues and 80 have been closed. On average issues are closed in 57 days. There are 13 open pull requests and 0 closed requests.

It has a neutral sentiment in the developer community.

The latest version of electron-pdf is 25.0.0

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electron-pdf has 0 bugs and 0 code smells.

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electron-pdf has no vulnerabilities reported, and its dependent libraries have no vulnerabilities reported.

electron-pdf code analysis shows 0 unresolved vulnerabilities.

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License

electron-pdf is licensed under the MIT License. This license is Permissive.

Permissive licenses have the least restrictions, and you can use them in most projects.

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electron-pdf releases are available to install and integrate.

Deployable package is available in npm.

Installation instructions are not available. Examples and code snippets are available.

electron-pdf saves you 11 person hours of effort in developing the same functionality from scratch.

It has 33 lines of code, 0 functions and 15 files.

It has low code complexity. Code complexity directly impacts maintainability of the code.

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electron-pdf Examples and Code Snippets

How can i generate a .ejs file to pdf in NODEJS with angularjs?

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var ElectronPDF = require('electron-pdf')
var express = require('express')
var bodyParser = require('body-parser')
var app = express()
app.use(bodyParser.json())

var exporter = new ElectronPDF()
exporter.on('charged', () => {
    //Onl

Community Discussions

Trending Discussions on electron-pdf

Electron build app doesnt start express server

Electron PDF window navigate to page number possible?

Rendering PDF with no frame in Node.js (Electron app)

Converting HTML string, including style, to PDF (Electron - React - Typescript)

electron pdf window doesnt work after build

Opening a local pdf file using node.js and express

QUESTION

Electron build app doesnt start express server

Asked 2019-Jun-28 at 00:31

I'm building an app and all works fine while I'm in developer mode. Everythink works as it should. But when I package my app with electron-builder, app opens but it doesnt start express server and app doesnt work properly.

Here is my package.json code

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ANSWER

Answered 2018-May-21 at 07:34

I had something similar happen to me. The challenge was that if you use fork() the application path changes. So I would recommend that you check __dirname in all of your files especially the ones in your forked process (e. g. app.js). I wouldn't be surprised if some of them don't make sense anymore.

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50436594

QUESTION

Electron PDF window navigate to page number possible?

Asked 2019-Mar-30 at 12:30

Is it possible to jump to PDF page number using the electron PDF window library?https://github.com/gerhardberger/electron-pdf-window

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ANSWER

Answered 2019-Mar-30 at 12:30

For anyone interested in support of PDF viewer in election version 3.1.7 use the mentioned plugin above. To use PDF navigation in URL, to navigate using file:pathofyour.pdf#page=pagenumber just uncomment the content in isPDF() function and replace it with resolve(true)

Electron is a great way to develope cross platform applications but the api is not really mature and is alternated a way to often with every major release in my opinion

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55384590

QUESTION

Rendering PDF with no frame in Node.js (Electron app)

Asked 2018-Dec-30 at 05:48

I'm in the process of writing an app in Electron. The app requires there to be a pdf rendered in a frame that takes up approximately 50% of the window. Because of the somewhat restricted space, I would like a solution that allows me to render a PDF without any frame, margin or controls bar around it. In macOS native apps, you have access to PDFView, which is a PDF renderer with nothing around it. I'm trying to find the closest thing to this, but for Node.js/Electron.

Before this gets marked as duplicate, I've read through a number of "Rendering PDF's in electron" posts on here. All of them pointed towards a number of libraries, notably "electron-pdf-window". The problem with the library is that all it does is wrap up "PDF.js". I've looked through PDF.js as well as the examples, but it also has the chrome-style frame and controls.

Are there any libraries/implementations of a PDF viewer for Node.js/Electron that provide a near-native (macOS) experience, in a "frameless" window? It needs to have copy/paste support, as well as support for trackpad gestures. Additionally, it should be able to support documents of at least a hundred pages.

Side question - Are you able to modify the default Chrome PDF viewer? (i.e remove the top "controls" bar, as well as trim down all the margins)? This seems like the fastest (most efficient) way to do it, but I'm not sure if it's possible.

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Answered 2018-Dec-30 at 05:48

After some research and testing, I've found that you can make a very minimal version of PDF.js. The "pinch-to-zoom" functionality isn't as smooth as on a native app, but you can get fairly close if you use PDF.js' experimental SVG renderer.

Here are some examples of a full PDF viewer with no toolbar: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/tree/master/examples/components

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53971382

QUESTION

Converting HTML string, including style, to PDF (Electron - React - Typescript)

Asked 2018-Dec-29 at 12:51

_____ Project Overview _____

I am building an Electron application, using React and Typescript, in which I read a plain HTML string to memory to then adjust some elements in it and finally convert it to a pdf.

_____ Problem Description _____

Because the html is never really rendered (it is just in memory), I am uncertain on how to convert the html (with style) to a pdf without rendering the html first.

_____ What I've tried _____

I have tried using a combination of html2canvas and jspdf. jspdf works fine to convert the HTML, without styling, to pdf, but I need the styling. So I tried getting a "screenshot" of my page with html2canvas first but that fails because the page is never rendered.
I tried using electron-pdf, but I could not get this to work in my application. It works fine as a command line tool though, so an option would be to invoke the command line tool. I think that that should work, but it feels very hacky (so I'd prefer not going that route).

_____ Code _____

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ANSWER

Answered 2018-Dec-29 at 12:51

According to Generating PDF with Electron.js, it seems possible to use the webContents method printToPDF in a new BrowserWindow without actually showing the window:

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53966376

QUESTION

electron pdf window doesnt work after build

Asked 2018-Feb-25 at 22:51

I'm trying to open pdf in electron app with electron-pdf-window. Its working fine before build but when i build app as installer .exe file for windows and install exe file on windows 8.1 , its not showing pdf window, i am using it through renderer process on click of anchor. Any ideas? here is my code

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ANSWER

Answered 2018-Feb-25 at 22:51

If you're using the latest Electron 1.8 or newer, it has built in PDF support in BrowserWindow's and tags. You just have to ensure plugins are enabled:

BrowserWindow

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48965710

QUESTION

Opening a local pdf file using node.js and express

Asked 2017-Aug-17 at 11:56

I am attempting to make a pdf viewer app using electron and electron-pdf-window the code below works when i want to open from a URL file path, but when i tried to open a pdf from my local files using the file:/// the application download the pdf instead of viewing it on my window.

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ANSWER

Answered 2017-Aug-17 at 11:56

Base on this readme, https://github.com/electron/electron/blob/master/docs/api/browser-window.md

you can do it something like

win.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/app/index.html`)

but you have to put this inside app.on('ready', function() {} to avoid getting the Cannot create BrowserWindow before app is ready error.

Reason why that error appears Because the app is not yet ready and is still loading

Source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45732352

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Install electron-pdf

You can install using 'npm i electron-pdf' or download it from GitHub, npm.

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