README.md

Go bindings and high-level HTML to PDF conversion interface.

Implements wkhtmltopdf Go bindings. It can be used to convert HTML documents to PDF files. The package does not use the wkhtmltopdf binary. Instead, it uses the wkhtmltox library directly.

Full documentation can be found at https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/adrg/go-wkhtmltopdf.

Examples

• Basic usage
• Converter callbacks
• Convert HTML document based on JSON input
• Basic web page to PDF conversion server
• Configurable web page to PDF conversion server

Prerequisites

In order to use the package, wkhtmltox must be installed. Installation packages for multiple operating systems can be found at https://builds.wkhtmltopdf.org.

Please see the wiki pages of this project for detailed installation instructions.

• Install on Linux
• Install on Windows

Note: wkhtmltox does not seem to be actively maintained. Please see the project status for more information, recommendations and future plans.

Installation

go get github.com/adrg/go-wkhtmltopdf

Usage

package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"

	pdf "github.com/adrg/go-wkhtmltopdf"
)

func main() {
	// Initialize library.
	if err := pdf.Init(); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer pdf.Destroy()

	// Create object from file.
	object, err := pdf.NewObject("sample1.html")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	object.Header.ContentCenter = "[title]"
	object.Header.DisplaySeparator = true

	// Create object from URL.
	object2, err := pdf.NewObject("https://google.com")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	object2.Footer.ContentLeft = "[date]"
	object2.Footer.ContentCenter = "Sample footer information"
	object2.Footer.ContentRight = "[page]"
	object2.Footer.DisplaySeparator = true

	// Create object from reader.
	inFile, err := os.Open("sample2.html")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer inFile.Close()

	object3, err := pdf.NewObjectFromReader(inFile)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	object3.Zoom = 1.5
	object3.TOC.Title = "Table of Contents"

	// Create converter.
	converter, err := pdf.NewConverter()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer converter.Destroy()

	// Add created objects to the converter.
	converter.Add(object)
	converter.Add(object2)
	converter.Add(object3)

	// Set converter options.
	converter.Title = "Sample document"
	converter.PaperSize = pdf.A4
	converter.Orientation = pdf.Landscape
	converter.MarginTop = "1cm"
	converter.MarginBottom = "1cm"
	converter.MarginLeft = "10mm"
	converter.MarginRight = "10mm"

	// Convert objects and save the output PDF document.
	outFile, err := os.Create("out.pdf")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer outFile.Close()

	// Run converter.
	if err := converter.Run(outFile); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
}

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Contributing

Contributions in the form of pull requests, issues or just general feedback, are always welcome.
See CONTRIBUTING.MD.

Contributors: adrg, leandrosilva.

References

For more information see the wkhtmltopdf documentation and the wkhtmltox documentation.

License

Copyright (c) 2016 Adrian-George Bostan.

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.