/pdf-from-markdown

Generate a GitHub-styled PDF from a Markdown document at a URL

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pdf-from-markdown

Generate a GitHub-styled PDF from a local or online Markdown document.

I wrote this because I was tired of wrestling with pandocs trying to get my Gist-hosted resume into a nice, GitHub-styled PDF. Plus it was a fun exercise!

Install & Usage

  1. Clone from GitHub:

    git clone https://github.com/noelleleigh/pdf-from-markdown.git

  2. Enter cloned directory:

    cd ./pdf-from-markdown

  3. Install dependencies:

    npm install

  4. Run with Node.js. Usage:

    $ node ./index.js --help
index.js <inputPath> <outputPath>

Convert a Markdown file to a PDF File with GitHub styling

Positionals:
  inputPath   Path/URL of a Markdown file                               [string]
  outputPath  Path of the output PDF file                               [string]

Options:
  --help     Show help                                                 [boolean]
  --version  Show version number                                       [boolean]
  --scale    Scale of the webpage rendering, between 0.1 and 2.
                                                        [number] [default: 0.8]
  --preview  Get a look at the document instead of rendering it as a PDF
                                                                      [boolean]

Examples

Generate a PDF from an online file:

node ./index.js https://www.example.com/document.md ./document.pdf

Generate a PDF from a local file with a scale factor of 0.75:

node ./index.js C:/Documents/resume.md ./resume.pdf --scale 0.75

Credits