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// Here, under the hood PhantomJS is opening | |
//localhost:3000/uri/goes/here and rendering it to a pdf. | |
var pdf = new NodePDF('localhost:3000/uri/goes/here', 'filename.pdf', {width:1440, height:900}); //the options might be optional. Play with it a bit. | |
// This is a callback for what to do on errors | |
pdf.on('error', function(msg){ | |
console.log(msg); // you may want to log errors while you're working on it at least. | |
// What you might really want to do when done is present an error to the user. | |
}); | |
// This is a callback for what to do when the pdf finishes rendering. | |
//You want to send your response to the client inside the callback so | |
//you can ensure the file has been generated before it's requested. | |
//Otherwise you might get errors that no file has been found. | |
pdf.on('done', function(pathToFile){ | |
//console.log(pathToFile); | |
res.render(pathToFile); | |
}); |
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