How to Make a PDF Certificate Generator
/*
This code comes from Vincent Lab
And it has a video version linked here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEcimv9fzqU
*/
// Import dependencies
const fs = require("fs");
const moment = require("moment");
const PDFDocument = require("pdfkit");
// Create the PDF document
const doc = new PDFDocument({
layout: "landscape",
size: "A4",
});
// The name
const name = "Sophia Sweet"
// Pipe the PDF into an name.pdf file
doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(`${name}.pdf`));
// Draw the certificate image
doc.image("images/certificate.png", 0, 0, { width: 842 });
// Remember to download the font
// Set the font to Dancing Script
doc.font("fonts/DancingScript-VariableFont_wght.ttf");
// Draw the name
doc.fontSize(60).text(name, 20, 265, {
align: "center"
});
// Draw the date
doc.fontSize(17).text(moment().format("MMMM Do YYYY"), -275, 430, {
align: "center"
});
// Finalize the PDF and end the stream
doc.end();