javascriptnode.jsamazon-s3aws-sdknode-pdfkit

Upload pdf generated to AWS S3 using nodejs aws sdk


I am using pdfkit to generate a pdf with some custom content and then sending it to an AWS S3 bucket.

While if I generate the file as a whole and upload it works perfectly, however, if I want to stream the generated file probably as an octet stream I am not able to find any relevant pointers.

I am looking for a nodejs solution (or suggestion).


Solution

  • I'll try to be precise here. I will not be covering usage of pdfKit's nodejs sdk in much detail.

    IF you want your generated pdf as a file.

    var PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');
    
    // Create a document
    doc = new PDFDocument();
    
    // Pipe it's output somewhere, like to a file or HTTP response
    doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf'));
    doc.text('Whatever content goes here');
    doc.end();
    var params = {
      key : fileName,
      body : './output.pdf',
      bucket : 'bucketName',
      contentType : 'application/pdf'
    }
    
    s3.putObject(params, function(err, response) {
    
    });
    

    However if you want to stream it ( to say S3 bucket in the context of question), then it is worth remembering that every pdfkit instance is a readable stream.

    And S3 expects a file, a buffer or a readable stream. So,

    var doc = new PDFDocument();
    
    // Pipe it's output somewhere, like to a file or HTTP response
    doc.text("Text for your PDF");
    doc.end();
    
    var params = {
      key : fileName,
      body : doc,
      bucket : 'bucketName',
      contentType : 'application/pdf'
    }
    
    //notice use of the upload function, not the putObject function
    s3.upload(params, function(err, response) {
    
    });