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https://github.com/gboutte/nestjs-pdf

A library that allow you tu use puppeteer for PDF generation inside a wrapper for nestjs.
https://github.com/gboutte/nestjs-pdf

nestjs pdf-generation puppeteer

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A library that allow you tu use puppeteer for PDF generation inside a wrapper for nestjs.

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# Installation

```shell
npm install @gboutte/nestjs-pdf
```

# Configuration

```ts
@Module({
imports: [
HandlebarsModule.forRoot({
pdfOptions: {},
hbsOptions: {}
)
],
controllers: [],
providers: [],
})
export class AppModule {}
```
| | Description |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `pdfOptions` | The pdf options can be found on: https://pptr.dev/api/puppeteer.pdfoptions |
| `hbsOptions` | The handlebars can be found on [@gboutte/nestjs-hbs](https://github.com/gboutte/nestjs-hbs) | |
| `browser` | The browser to use for the PDF generation. By default: `Browser.CHROMIUM`. Allowed values `Browser.CHROMIUM`, `Browser.CHROMEHEADLESSSHELL`, `Browser.CHROME`, `Browser.FIREFOX`, `Browser.CHROMEDRIVER` ([Official documentation of Browser](https://pptr.dev/browsers-api/browsers.browser)) |
| `browserTag` | The version of the browser to use for the PDF generation. By default: `BrowserTag.STABLE`. Allowed values `BrowserTag.STABLE`, `BrowserTag.LATEST`, `BrowserTag.BETA`, `BrowserTag.DEV`, `BrowserTag.CANARY` |
| `browserInstallBaseUrl` | The baseUrl used for the installation of the browser. This baseUrl is passed to the [`install`](https://pptr.dev/browsers-api/browsers.install) method of `@puppeteer/browsers` |
| `headless` | Define if you want to use chromium headless or not, or the new version. By default it's `true`. Allowed values: `true`,`false`,`"new"` |
| `useLockedBrowser` | Define if you want to use the locked version of the browser. By default it's `false`. Allowed values: `true`,`false` |
| `extraPuppeteerArgs` | It passes some extra arguments to Puppeteer's launch method. You can check the default args at bellow. Should be `string[]` |

## Default Puppeteer arguments

```ts
[
"--autoplay-policy=user-gesture-required",
"--disable-background-networking",
"--disable-background-timer-throttling",
"--disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows",
"--disable-breakpad",
"--disable-client-side-phishing-detection",
"--disable-component-update",
"--disable-default-apps",
"--disable-dev-shm-usage",
"--disable-domain-reliability",
"--disable-extensions",
"--disable-features=AudioServiceOutOfProcess",
"--disable-hang-monitor",
"--disable-ipc-flooding-protection",
"--disable-notifications",
"--disable-offer-store-unmasked-wallet-cards",
"--disable-popup-blocking",
"--disable-print-preview",
"--disable-prompt-on-repost",
"--disable-renderer-backgrounding",
"--disable-setuid-sandbox",
"--disable-speech-api",
"--disable-sync",
"--hide-scrollbars",
"--ignore-gpu-blacklist",
"--metrics-recording-only",
"--mute-audio",
"--no-default-browser-check",
"--no-first-run",
"--no-pings",
"--password-store=basic",
"--use-gl=swiftshader",
"--use-mock-keychain",
"--disabled-setupid-sandbox",
]
```

# Usage

You can use the `PdfService`, there is currently two methods

| | Description | Parameters |
|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `generatePdfFromHtml` | | - `html`: The html to use to generate the pdf|
| `generatePdfFromTemplateString` | | - `template`: The template string to give to the handlebars service.
- `parameters`: The parameters to use inside the template|
| `generatePdfFromTemplateFile` | |- `file`:The template file to give to the handlebars service.
- `parameters`: The parameters to use inside the template|

Here is an example
```ts
@Controller()
export class AppController {
constructor(private readonly pdfService: PdfService) {}

@Get()
@Header('Cache-Control', 'none')
@Header('Content-Type', 'application/pdf')
async getPdf() {
const product = new Product();
product.amount = 53;

const pdf = await this.pdfService.generatePdfFromTemplateString(
'

Title

Product price: {{product.amount}}€',
{ product },
);

return pdf;
}
}
```

# Command

You can use the command `nestjs-pdf install` to install the browser you want to use.
You can specify 3 parameters:
- `--browser`: The browser to use for the PDF generation. Allowed values `chromium`, `chrome`, `chrome-headless-shell`, `firefox`, `chromedriver`([Official documentation of Browser](https://pptr.dev/browsers-api/browsers.browser))
- `--browser-tag`: The version of the browser to use for the PDF generation. Allowed values `stable`, `latest`, `beta`, `dev`, `canary`
- `--lock`: Define if you want to lock version of the browser. Allowed values `true`,`false`

# BaseUrl

Sometime you need to define the base url for the installation of the browser. You can use the `browserInstallBaseUrl` parameter to define it.
For example if you want to use `CHROMEHEADLESSSHELL` with `STABLE`, you may encounter an error like this:
```
Error: Download failed: server returned code 404. URL: https://edgedl.me.gvt1.com/edgedl/chrome/chrome-for-testing/121.0.6167.184/mac-x64/chrome-headless-shell-mac-x64.zip
```
You can find the urls [here](https://googlechromelabs.github.io/chrome-for-testing/), and as you can the url are starting by `https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public`.

So you can fix the error by adding the `browserInstallBaseUrl` parameter like this:
```ts
PdfModule.forRoot({
browserInstallBaseUrl:
'https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-for-testing-public',
}),
```

# Known issues

- Currently, the pdf only works with fastify adapter