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https://github.com/Szpadel/chrome-headless-render-pdf
https://github.com/Szpadel/chrome-headless-render-pdf
chrome-headless cli nodejs pdf pdf-generation
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/Szpadel/chrome-headless-render-pdf
- Owner: Szpadel
- Created: 2017-06-02T10:32:18.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-09-05T14:33:49.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-20T01:02:49.450Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: chrome-headless, cli, nodejs, pdf, pdf-generation
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 225 KB
- Stars: 221
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 67
- Open Issues: 18
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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# Usage:
```
chrome-headless-render-pdf [OPTIONS] --url=URL --pdf=OUTPUT-FILE [--url=URL2 --pdf=OUTPUT-FILE2] ...
Options:
--help this screen
--url url to load, for local files use: file:///path/to/file
--pdf output for generated file can be relative to current directory
--chrome-binary set chrome location (use this options when autodetection fail)
--chrome-option set chrome option, can be used multiple times, e.g. --chrome-option=--no-sandbox
--remote-host set chrome host (for remote process)
--remote-port set chrome port (for remote process)
--no-margins disable default 1cm margins
--include-background include elements background
--landscape generate pdf in landscape orientation
--window-size specify window size, width(,x*)height (e.g. --window-size 1600,1200 or --window-size 1600x1200)
--paper-width specify page width in inches (defaults to 8.5 inches)
--paper-height specify page height in inches (defaults to 11 inches)
--page-ranges specify pages to render default all pages, e.g. 1-5, 8, 11-13
--scale specify scale of the webpage rendering (defaults to 1)
--display-header-footer display text headers and footers
--header-template HTML template for the header. Inject variables using the classes "date", "title", "url", "pageNumber" or "totalPages"
--footerTemplate HTML template for the footer. Inject variables using the classes "date", "title", "url", "pageNumber" or "totalPages"
--js-time-budget Virtual time budget in ms to wait for js execution (default 5000)
--animation-time-budget Time budget in ms to wait for in progress animations to finish (default 5000)
Example:
Render single pdf file
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url http://google.com --pdf test.pdf
Render pdf from local file
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url file:///tmp/example.html --pdf test.pdf
Render multiple pdf files
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url http://google.com --pdf test.pdf --url file:///tmp/example.html --pdf test2.pdf
Render pdf with custom footer and no header (styles are mandatory)
chrome-headless-render-pdf --url file:///tmp/example.html --pdf test.pdf --display-header-footer --header-template ' ' --footer-template '.footer{font-size:8px;width:100%;text-align:center;color:#000;padding-left:0.65cm;}
'
```
# This tool can be also used programmatically:
```
const RenderPDF = require('chrome-headless-render-pdf');
RenderPDF.generateSinglePdf('http://google.com', 'outputPdf.pdf');
```
```
const RenderPDF = require('chrome-headless-render-pdf');
RenderPDF.generateMultiplePdf([
{url: 'http://google.com', pdf: 'outputPdf.pdf'},
{utl: 'http://example.com', pdf: 'outputPdf2.pdf'}
]);
```
```
const RenderPDF = require('chrome-headless-render-pdf');
RenderPDF.generatePdfBuffer('http://google.com')
.then((pdfBuffer) => {
console.log(pdfBuffer);
});
```
# you can also use it from typescript or es6
```
import RenderPDF from 'chrome-headless-render-pdf';
RenderPDF.generateSinglePdf('http://google.com', 'outputPdf.pdf');
```
# Motivation
google-chrome currently have option to render pdf files when used with headless option.
But this option contains hardcoded adding header and footer to page rendering it unusable for pdf generation.
This module allows to generate it without those elements.