Implements wkhtmltopdf Go bindings. It can be used to convert HTML documents to PDF files. The package does not use the wkhtmltopdf binary. Instead, it uses the wkhtmltox library directly.
Full documentation can be found at: https://godoc.org/github.com/adrg/go-wkhtmltopdf
In order to use the package, wkhtmltox must be installed. Installation packages for multiple operating systems can be found at https://builds.wkhtmltopdf.org.
On Debian based distributions, use dpkg to install the downloaded installation package.
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox.deb
sudo ldconfig
go get github.com/adrg/go-wkhtmltopdf
package main
import (
"log"
"os"
pdf "github.com/adrg/go-wkhtmltopdf"
)
func main() {
pdf.Init()
defer pdf.Destroy()
// Create object from file.
object, err := pdf.NewObject("sample1.html")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
object.Header.ContentCenter = "[title]"
object.Header.DisplaySeparator = true
// Create object from URL.
object2, err := pdf.NewObject("https://google.com")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
object.Footer.ContentLeft = "[date]"
object.Footer.ContentCenter = "Sample footer information"
object.Footer.ContentRight = "[page]"
object.Footer.DisplaySeparator = true
// Create object from reader.
inFile, err := os.Open("sample2.html")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer inFile.Close()
object3, err := pdf.NewObjectFromReader(inFile)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
object3.Zoom = 1.5
object3.TOC.Title = "Table of Contents"
// Create converter.
converter, err := pdf.NewConverter()
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer converter.Destroy()
// Add created objects to the converter.
converter.Add(object)
converter.Add(object2)
converter.Add(object3)
// Set converter options.
converter.Title = "Sample document"
converter.PaperSize = pdf.A4
converter.Orientation = pdf.Landscape
converter.MarginTop = "1cm"
converter.MarginBottom = "1cm"
converter.MarginLeft = "10mm"
converter.MarginRight = "10mm"
// Convert objects and save the output PDF document.
outFile, err := os.Create("out.pdf")
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer outFile.Close()
if err := converter.Run(outFile); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
Contributions in the form of pull requests, issues or just general feedback, are always welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.MD.
For more information see the wkhtmltopdf documentation and the wkhtmltox documentation.
Copyright (c) 2016 Adrian-George Bostan.
This project is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for more details.