pdf-generator-lambda

This minimalistic service renders an HTML template with Mustache and returns a PDF in DIN-A4 format.

Usage

Do a POST request to your /renderPdf endpoint with the following body:

{
    "template":"Invoice {{invoiceNumber}} goes to {{billTo.name}}, {{billTo.street}} {{billTo.zip}} {{billTo.city}}",
    "data":{
        "invoiceNumber":"666"
        "billTo": {
            "name": "John Doe",
            "street": "8213 Mainstreet",
            "zip": "90210",
            "city": "Beverly Hills, CA"
        }
    },
    "desiredFilename": "invoice.pdf"
}

This will result in the following PDF

You'll find a more sophisticated example in the examples folder.

Development

Prerequisites

AWS Account
Docker
Homebrew (if you're on macOS)
AWS SAM CLI

Invoke the service

Start the local api using sam local start-api. Then you're ready to call the service.

curl -X "POST" "http://127.0.0.1:3000/renderPdf" \
     -H 'Accept: application/pdf' \
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
     -d $'{
  "template": "Invoice {{invoiceNumber}} goes to {{billTo.name}}, {{billTo.street}} {{billTo.zip}} {{billTo.city}}",
  "data": {
    "invoiceNumber": "666",
    "billTo": {
        "name": "John Doe",
        "street": "8213 Mainstreet",
        "zip": "90210",
        "city": "Beverly Hills, CA"
    }
  },
  "desiredFilename": "invoice.pdf"
}'

Deployment