jsonnode.jspdf

how to export json data to pdf file with specify format with Nodejs?

I am a beginner with nodejs. And I am writing a program, which convert text data from json file to pdf file: This is my input file (input.json)

{

"Info":

    {
    "Company": "ABC",
    "Team": "JsonNode"
    },
    "Number of members": 4,
    "Time to finish": "1 day"
}

And I want to convert it to a .pdf (report.pdf) file with following style.

  1. Info

    1.1 Company

    ABC

    1.2 Team

    JsonNode

  2. Number of members 4
  3. Time to finish 1 day

My problems are:

1: How to change style from input.json file to style of report.pdf.

2: How to convert from .json format to .pdf format.

Could anyone help me.

Thanks in advance!

Solution

  • I think you have to make html template and then render your json into html template.

     <html lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
</head>
<body>
<table> 
<tr>Company</tr>
{{info.Company}}
<tr>Team</tr>
{{info.Team}}
</table>
</body>
</html>

    Now On your js file you have to give path of your template and also create a folder in order to store your pdf file.

         var pdf = require('html-pdf');
 var options = {format: 'Letter'};
exports.Topdf = function (req, res) {
 var info = {

 "Company": "ABC",
 "Team": "JsonNode",
 "Number of members": 4,
"Time to finish": "1 day"
}
res.render('path to your tempalate', {
    info: info,
}, function (err, HTML) {
    pdf.create(HTML, options).toFile('./downloads/employee.pdf', function (err, result) {
        if (err) {
            return res.status(400).send({
                message: errorHandler.getErrorMessage(err)
            });
        }
    })
  })
 }

    Try with this hope it works.