Simple (m|f)iddleware for sending a webpage to wkhtmltopdf for rendering as a PDF file
Add [ring-wicked-pdf "0.4.2"] to your leingingen dependencies.
Require it via (:require [ring.wicked.pdf :as wicked])
"wkhtmltopdf" needs to be in your webapp's binary executable path.
To render a page as a pdf, simply call (wicked/as-pdf contents) with the full html contents to render with wkhtmltopdf.
##Compojure Example
The following route renders /pdf directly as a pdf.
(GET "/pdf" [] (wicked/as-pdf "<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></body></html>"))##Noir Example
The following renders the /pdf page directly to the
browser as a pdf file.
(defpage "/" []
"<html><body><h1>Hello World</h1></html></body>")
(defpage "/pdf" []
(resp/content-type "application/pdf" (wicked/as-pdf (render "/"))))##Options You can optionally pass in:
| Item | option | default | possibilities |
|---|---|---|---|
| resource directory | :resource-dir | "resources/public/" | <sub-directory string> |
| tmp directory | :tmp-dir | "/tmp" | <directory string> |
| page orientation | :orientation | :portrait | :portrait :landscape |
| io-type (file or stream) | :io-type | :stream | :stream :file |
| papersize | :papersize | "Letter" | "Letter", "A4", etc. |
(wicked/as-pdf contents :orientation :landscape :resource-dir "my-resource-subdir" :tmp-dir "my-temp-dir" :io-type :file)
NB: Resources (css/images) default to "resources/public/" path in the main directory of your web app.
Copyright (C) 2013 Greg Berenfield
Distributed under the Eclipse Public License, the same as Clojure.