How to print ejs file data to pdf file using pdfkit in node js?-CodePudding

Here is my result.ejs file code:

<div style="width: 50%; margin: auto;">
            <table class="table">
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th>SUBJECT</th>
                        <th>MARKS OBTAINED</th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <th>pHYSICS</th>
                        <td>80</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>Chemistry</th>
                        <td>80</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>mathematics</th>
                        <td>80</td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                        <th>computer</th>
                        <td>80</td>
                    </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
        </div>

In my user.js, I am rendring ejs file:

router.get("/result",async(req,res)=>{
  res.render("result");
})

I know basics about pdfkit. But I have used it for printing text only in pdf format like below:

const PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');
const fs = require('fs');
const doc = new PDFDocument();
doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf'));
doc
  .fontSize(25)
  .text('Some text with an embedded font!', 100, 100);

But Now I need to print ejs file table data in pdf format. Please help me to find out. Thank you.

CodePudding user response：

Yes, you can do this. First you need to render the file and then pass it to pdf. You simply need to render your ejs templated first and then pass the template string to filename xyz.pdf and you can see the ejs templated in pdf.

 // render the ejs file
  ejs.renderFile(path.join(__dirname, 'path-to-your-ejs'), data, {}, function(err, str) {
    if (err) return res.send(err);

    // str now contains your rendered html
   //your pdf object should be used here
    pdf.create(str).toFile("name of the file", function(err, data) {
      if (err) return res.send(err);

      res.send("File created successfully");
    });
  });

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