Library to convert Html to Pdf using wkhtmltopdf library. This library only tested on Linux and macOS
- Define custom executable location, if not found will find executable by running
which wkthtmltopdf - Accept
File,String,URLorInputStreamas standard input. - Redirect standard output to
FileorOutputStream(includingSystem.out). - Accept
Mapas environment variable. - Return
BufferedInputStreamif output is not redirected, null if otherwise. InputStreamfrom a command will be easily to be piped (as input) to other command.- Available on jcenter()
wkhtmltopdf library can be downloaded from here
sudo apt-get update -q
sudo apt-get install -yq wget xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi curl
curl -sLO https://downloads.wkhtmltopdf.org/0.12/0.12.5/wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.xenial_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.5-1.xenial_amd64.debbrew cask install wkhtmltopdfrepositories {
jcenter()
}compile 'id.jasoet:fun-pdf:<version>'val pdf by lazy {
HtmlToPdf(executable = "/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf") {
orientation(PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE)
pageSize("Letter")
marginTop("1in")
marginBottom("1in")
marginLeft("1in")
marginRight("1in")
}
}val htmlString = "<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html>"
// convert and save if to file
val outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = htmlString,output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
// Convert and return InputStream
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = htmlString) // InputStream is open and ready to useval file = File("/home/jasoet/source.html")
// convert and save if to file
val outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = file,output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
// Convert and return InputStream
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = file) // InputStream is open and ready to useval url = URL("https://www.google.com")
// convert and save if to file
val outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = url,output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
// Convert and return InputStream
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = url) // InputStream is open and ready to use// get input stream from other executable
val inputStream = listOf("ssh", "jasoet@10.10.2.3","\"cat /home/jasoet/remotefile.html\"").execute()
// Save it to file
val outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = pdf.convert(input = url,output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
val outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = "<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html>".convertToPdf(output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
// Convert and return InputStream
val inputStream = "<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html>".convertToPdf {
orientation(PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE)
pageSize("Letter")
marginTop("1in")
marginBottom("1in")
marginLeft("1in")
marginRight("1in")
}
// InputStream is open and ready to useval outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = File("/home/jasoet/source.html").convertToPdf(output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
// Convert and return InputStream
val inputStream = File("/home/jasoet/source.html").convertToPdf {
orientation(PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE)
pageSize("Letter")
marginTop("1in")
marginBottom("1in")
marginLeft("1in")
marginRight("1in")
}
// InputStream is open and ready to use// convert and save if to file
val outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
val inputStream = URL("https://www.google.com").convertToPdf(output = outputFile) // will always return null if output is redirected
// Convert and return InputStream
val inputStream = URL("https://www.google.com").convertToPdf {
orientation(PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE)
pageSize("Letter")
marginTop("1in")
marginBottom("1in")
marginLeft("1in")
marginRight("1in")
}
// InputStream is open and ready to useval outputFile = Paths.get("/home/jasoet/document/destination.pdf").toFile()
// get input stream from other executable and save if to file
val inputStream = listOf("ssh", "jasoet@10.10.2.3","\"cat /home/jasoet/remotefile.html\"").execute()
.convertToPdf(output = outputFile) {
orientation(PageOrientation.LANDSCAPE)
pageSize("Letter")
marginTop("1in")
marginBottom("1in")
marginLeft("1in")
marginRight("1in")
}
See unit test files.