Introduction

The Official Pdfless javascript to consume Pdfless API

This library allows you to quickly and easily generate PDF document.

Prerequisites

Pdfless account is required, sign up for free.

Installation

Using the Node Package Manager (CLI):

npm i @pdfless/pdfless-js

Supported Operations

The library supports the following operation:

• Create a PDF document: Create a PDF document based on selected template identifier and defined payload.
• Get workspace information: Retrieve workspace information based on API key.
• List document templates: Paginated list of document templates.

Create a PDF document

Import PdfService as a default import and instantiate it as new PdfService(apiKey) with your workspace API key. Use generate(command) function to generate PDF with a GeneratePDFCommand command.

|Property|Required|Type|Description| |---|---|---|---| |template_id|Yes|string|Select a document template of workspace.| |payload|Yes|string|If your document contains variables, enter data in JSON format corresponding to defined variables. You can read more about this here.|

import { PdfService } from '@pdfless/pdfless-js';

async function main(): Promise<void> {
  try {
    // Create the Pdf service
    const pdfService = = new PdfService("ak_xxxxxxxxxxxxx");
    
    // Generate PDF with sample payload in JSON
    const payload: GeneratePDFCommand = {
        firstName: "Nicolas",
        lastName: "Law",
        companyName: "Synapsium",
        articles: [
            { name: "tshirt", price: 10, quantity: 4 },
            { name: "short", price: 20, quantity: 1 }
        ]
    };
    const generatePDFCommand = { 
        template_id: "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
        payload: JSON.stringify(payload)
    }
    pdfService.generate(generatePDFCommand);
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
}

main();

Get workspace information

You can use this function to check if your workspace exists or already available.

Import WorkspaceService as a default import and instantiate it as new WorkspaceService(apiKey) with your workspace API key.

import { WorkspaceService } from '@pdfless/pdfless-js';

async function main(): Promise<void> {
  try {
    // Create the Workspace service
    const workspaceService = = new WorkspaceService("ak_xxxxxxxxxxxxx");
    
    // Get workspace information 
    workspaceService.get();
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
}

main();

List document templates

Import TemplateService as a default import and instantiate it as new TemplateService(apiKey) with your workspace API key.

|Property|Required|Type|Description|Default |---|---|---|---|---| |page|Yes|number|Page number.|1| |pageSize|Yes|number|Number of item by page.|25|

import { TemplateService } from '@pdfless/pdfless-js';


async function main(): Promise<void> {
  try {
    // Create the Template service
    const templateService = = new TemplateService("ak_xxxxxxxxxxxxx");
    
    // List template of current workspace
    templateService.list(1, 50);
  } catch (err) {
    console.log(err);
  }
}

main();