Generating Custom HTML Invoices which also include Images and convert them to PDF

#pdf #node #html #image

there are multiple scenarios when the developer needs to build custom pdf for different customers.

Let's start...

npm i html-pdf ejs

	let ejs = require("ejs");
	let pdf = require("html-pdf");
	let path = require("path");
	// let utility = require("./utility");

	init()
	function init() {
	let basePath = path.join('file://' + __dirname, 'views', 'img')
	let dbObject = {
	headerImg: path.join(basePath, 'header.png').replace(/\\/g, '/'), // file://D:/ejs-to-pdf/views/img/header.png
	houseNumber: " R-0001",
	}

	ejs.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, 'views/pages', "invoice.ejs"), {
	dbObject // passing object for custom values
	}, (err, data) => {
	if (err) {
	console.log(`err ${err}`)
	} else {
	var options = {
	format: 'A4'
	};
	pdf.create(data, options).toFile("pdf/pdfFileName.pdf", function (err, data) { // PDF file save in PDF folder
	if (err) {
	console.log(`err :${err}`)
	} else {
	console.log(` file genrated successfullt ` , JSON.stringify(data))
	}
	});


	/*
	//================================= if you want to send email then use below code
	pdf.create(data, options).toBuffer(function (err, buffer) { // PDF file save in PDF folder
	if (err) {
	console.log(`err :${err}`)
	} else {
	utility.SendEmailNotification('your@email', 'Monthly Bill Statement', 'your bill', buffer, 'Monthly_Bill_Statement.pdf').then((result) => {
	console.log(` send successfully `)
	}).catch((err) => {
	console.log(`err `)
	});
	// console.log(` file buffer genrated successfullt `) // you can wrinte your email send code here
	}
	});
	*/
	}
	})
	}