createPdfKitDocument
var path = require('path');
var Printer = require('pdfmake');
// fonts are available in the test-env/tests/fonts path, this is a helper
function fontPath(file) {
retrun path.resolve('pdfmake', 'test-env', 'tests', 'fonts', file);
}
// required font setup, requires that you link to the fonts shipped with npm
var fontDescriptors = {
Roboto: {
normal: fontPath('Roboto-Regular.ttf'),
bold: fontPath('Roboto-Medium.ttf'),
italics: fontPath('Roboto-Italic.ttf'),
bolditalics: fontPath('Roboto-Italic.ttf'),
}
};
var docDefinition = {}; // this is what you see in all the docs
var printer = new Printer(fontDescriptors);
// get a reference to the PdfKit instance, which is a streaming interface
var pdfDoc = printer.createPdfKitDocument(docDefinition);
// pipe to a file or response object
function streamTo(pdfDoc) {
// writeStream can be an fs object, response object, etc
var writeStream = fs.createWriteStream('pdfs/output.pdf');
var pdfDoc = printer.createPdfKitDocument(docDefinition);
pdfDoc.pipe(writeStream); // streaming interface
}
// turn the stream into a Buffer
// Usage: getDoc(pdfDoc, function (err, buffer, pages) { var base64 = buffer.toString('base64'); /* app logic */ });
function getDoc(pdfDoc, cb) {
// buffer the output
var chunks = [];
pdfDoc.on('data', function(chunk) {
chunks.push(chunk);
});
pdfDoc.on('end', function() {
var result = Buffer.concat(chunks);
cb(null, result, pdfDoc._pdfMakePages);
});
pdfDoc.on('error', cb);
// close the stream
pdfDoc.end();
}