hswick/invoice-generator

Script for generating invoice PDF's

invoice-generator

Ruby script used for generating invoices in pdf format. Input to the script is json data.

Install

apt install ruby wkhtmltopdf

Usage

Make a directory called data, we will put our json files there. Then create the json files:

mkdir data
touch data/personal.json
touch data/client.json
touch data/invoice.json

Create personal.json like this, it can be reused for other invoices:

{
    "name": "Foo Bar",
    "address1": "420 East Foo Street",
    "address2": "Dark Side, MN 43215",
    "phone": "123-321-1234",
    "routing-number": "123456789",
    "account-number": "123456789"
}

client.json like this:

{
    "name": "Company Name",
    "address1": "Foobar Dr, Chicago",
    "address2": "IL 54034"
}

Lastly invoice.json like this:

{
    "number": 1,
    "date": "4/20/20",
    "items": [
	{
	    "date": "4/18/20",
	    "info": "Stuff"
	    "hours": 2
	},
	{
	    "date": "4/19/20",
	    "info": "stuff"
	    "hours": 4
	},
	...
    ]
}

Now we can cleanly run the script:

ruby invoice_generator.rb

You should see a file named output.pdf now.