write-to-pdf

Every so often I have to fill up a PDF form with poor text structure and no form metadata. I needed a quick solution to do the following:

Search for text and use its position as an anchor for writing
Save the PDF with a dynamic filename
Use a file-based configuration

Installation

Requires Node.js

$ git clone https://github.com/vinnicc/write-to-pdf
$ cd write-to-pdf

Usage

Rename and edit the provided config.example.json file.

$ cp config.example.json config.json
$ npm start

# or
$ npm start /path/to/another-config.json

This runs npx ts-node index.ts [configFile]. By default it looks for config.json, but providing a config file explicitly helps when you have to run the command for different PDFs.

TODO:

Specify nth occurence of string to find
Add color and size config (default and override per write)
Include image overlays