CaptoMD-electron-pdf

Express server wrapper as service for fraserxu/electron-pdf

Generating a PDF

Will download a PDF:

[POST] http://localhost:9645/ with body payload (application/zip) of a zip file of your main HTML file (index.html) and assets.

Here’s an example:

  index.html
  ├─ assets/
  │  ├─ my-styles.css
  │  ├─ fonts.css
  │  ┕─ fonts/
  │     ├─ font-a.woff2
  │     ┕─ font-a.ttf
  ┕─ image.svg

The main entry point is index.html and is required.

Page customization

The default page size is Letter.

You should set your own page size, margins and orientation.

Declare them in your CSS file:

    @page {
        size: 210mm 297mm;
        margin: 24mm 16mm;
    }

    @page :first {
        size: A4 landscape;
        margin: 50mm 16mm 24mm;
    }

DOM Ready

You must include this javascript in your main HTML file, preferably in the head section:

    <script>
        var eventEmitInterval = setInterval(function () {
            document.body.dispatchEvent(new Event('view-ready'));
        }, 25);

        document.body.addEventListener('view-ready-acknowledged', function () {
            clearInterval(eventEmitInterval);
        });
    </script>