Convert HTML to PDF on Server/Desktop: Sample Code in Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, and C++

HTML2PDF Module is an optional add-on utility which can be used with Apryse SDK to convert an HTML file to a PDF document without any external third party dependencies. Samples offered in Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, C++, Objective C, Go, VB; for Mac, Linux and Windows.

To use this code, you'll need to

Warning

Requires the HTML2PDF module add-on. All files in the Lib folder of the archive must be present for the module to work as expected.

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc();
HTML2PDF converter = new HTML2PDF();

// add from HTML String data
converter.InsertFromHtmlString(htmlString);

// add from a web page location
converter.InsertFromURL(webPageLocation);

// apply conversion
converter.Convert(doc);

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
PDFDoc doc;
HTML2PDF converter;

// add from HTML String data
converter.InsertFromHtmlString(htmlString);

// add from a web page location
converter.InsertFromURL(webPageLocation);

// apply conversion
converter.Convert(doc);

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
doc := NewPDFDoc()
converter := NewHTML2PDF()

// add from HTML String data
converter.InsertFromHtmlString(htmlString)

// add from a web page location
converter.InsertFromURL(webPageLocation)

// apply conversion
converter.Convert(doc)

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc();
HTML2PDF converter = new HTML2PDF();

// add from HTML String data
converter.insertFromHtmlString(htmlString);

// add from a web page location
converter.insertFromURL(webPageLocation);

// apply conversion
converter.convert(doc);

async function main() {
  // Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
  const doc = await PDFNet.PDFDoc.create();
  const converter = await PDFNet.HTML2PDF.create();

  // add from HTML String data
  converter.insertFromHtmlString(htmlString);

  // add from a web page location
  converter.insertFromUrl(webPageLocation);

  // apply conversion
  await converter.convert(doc);
}
PDFNet.runWithCleanup(main);

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
val doc = PDFDoc()
val converter = HTML2PDF()

// add from HTML String data
converter.insertFromHtmlString(htmlString)

// add from a web page location
converter.insertFromURL(webPageLocation)

// apply conversion
converter.convert(doc)

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
PTPDFDoc* doc = [[PTPDFDoc alloc] init];
PTHTML2PDF *converter = [[PTHTML2PDF alloc] init];

// add from HTML String data
[converter InsertFromHtmlString: htmlString];

// add from a web page location
[converter InsertFromURL: webPageLocation];

// apply conversion
[converter Convert: doc];

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
let doc: PTPDFDoc = PTPDFDoc()
let converter: PTHTML2PDF = PTHTML2PDF()

// add from HTML String data
converter.insertFromHtmlString(htmlString)

// add from a web page location
converter.insertFromURL(webPageLocation)

// apply conversion
converter.convert(doc)

// Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
$doc = new PDFDoc();
$converter = new HTML2PDF();

// add from HTML String data
converter->InsertFromHtmlString($htmlString);

// add from a web page location
converter->InsertFromURL($webPageLocation);

// apply conversion
converter->Convert($doc);

# Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
doc = PDFDoc()
converter = HTML2PDF()

# add from HTML String data
converter.InsertFromHtmlString(htmlString)

# add from a web page location
converter.InsertFromURL(webPageLocation)

# apply conversion
converter.Convert(doc)

# Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
doc = PDFDoc.new()
converter = HTML2PDF.new()

# add from HTML String data
converter.InsertFromHtmlString(htmlString)

# add from a web page location
converter.InsertFromURL(webPageLocation)

# apply conversion
converter.Convert(doc)

' Start with a PDFDoc (the conversion destination)
Dim doc As PDFDoc = New PDFDoc()
Dim converter As HTML2PDF = New HTML2PDF()

' add from HTML String data
converter.InsertFromHtmlString(htmlString)

' add from a web page location
converter.InsertFromURL(webPageLocation)

' apply conversion
converter.Convert(doc)

Convert HTML to PDF - Full Sample Code Full sample code for directly converting HTML pages to PDF by using 'pdftron.PDF.HTML2PDF'. The HTML2PDF converter supports HTML conversion from a string or URL and offers many options to control page size and formatting. Samples available in Python, C# (.Net), C++, Go, Java, Node.js (JavaScript), PHP, Ruby, VB.

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