In this article, we will learn how to convert HTML to PDF.
–First of all, create a project and install npm i express module.
–Then add a server.js file and add the below code there.
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 5000
app.use(express.json())
app.listen(port, () => console.log(`Example app listening on port ${port}!`))
–Create a pdf folder in the root directory.
— Then install npm i html-pdf-node module and add the below code in server.js file.
- html-pdf-node plugin use for convert HTML to PDF file
app.get('/pdfconvert', (req, res) => {
const html_to_pdf = require('html-pdf-node');
const options = { format: 'A4', path: './pdf/convert.pdf' };
let file = { content: "<h1>HTML to PDF convert</h1>" };
html_to_pdf.generatePdf(file, options)
.then((re) => {
res.status(200).send({
isSuccess: true,
})
}).catch((err) => {
res.status(200).send({
isSuccess: false,
error:err
})
});
})
–Test the pdfconvert API
http://localhost:5000/pdfconvert
–PDF file created
