/puppeteer-cli

A general command-line wrapper for puppeteer. Currently only supports one command—`print`—to render a local/or remote HTML file to PDF. Aims to be a easy replacement for the deprecated wkhtmltopdf.

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puppeteer-cli

A general command-line wrapper for puppeteer. Currently only supports one command—print—to render a local/or remote HTML file to PDF. Aims to be a easy replacement for the deprecated wkhtmltopdf.

Usage

puppeteer print <input> <output>

Print an HTML file or URL to PDF

Options:
  --version        Show version number                                 [boolean]
  --help           Show help                                           [boolean]
  --background                                         [boolean] [default: true]
  --margin-top                                               [default: "6.25mm"]
  --margin-right                                             [default: "6.25mm"]
  --margin-bottom                                           [default: "14.11mm"]
  --margin-left                                              [default: "6.25mm"]
  --format                                                   [default: "Letter"]
  --landscape                                         [boolean] [default: false]
puppeteer screenshot <input> <output>

Take screenshot of an HTML file or URL to PNG

Options:
  --version          Show version number                               [boolean]
  --help             Show help                                         [boolean]
  --full-page                                          [boolean] [default: true]
  --omit-background                                   [boolean] [default: false]

Example

npm install -g puppeteer-cli
echo "<h1>Hello world!</h1>" > mypage.html
puppeteer print mypage.html myprint.pdf # local file
puppeteer print https://github.com/JarvusInnovations/puppeteer-cli puppeteer-cli.pdf # url
puppeteer screenshot mypage.html myscreenshot.png # local file
puppeteer screenshot https://jarv.us myscreenshot.png # url

Roadmap

  • Add print command
  • Add support for http:// inputs in addition to local file paths
  • Add screenshot command
  • Add compatibility with wkhtmltopdf parameters to provide a drop-in replacement?
  • Detect .json or .js files as input to screenshot command instead of a single HTML file or URL, specifying a set of screenshots to capture in series