This project implements the conversion of HTML to PDF using wkhtmltopdf. It works only at windows and linux, on x64 arch.
| Package | Version | Downloads |
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| WkHtmlSmartConvert |  |
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| WkHtmlSmartConvert.Embedded |  |
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Packages with suport to .Net Core 2.1, 3.1 and .Net 5.0
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Install the standard nuget package into your application.
dotnet add package WkHtmlSmartConvert
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In the
ConfigureServicesmethod ofStartup.cs, register the WkHtmlSmartConvert.services .AddWkHtmlSmartConvert() .AddPdf();or, you can configure global options to every conversion, see PdfOptions.
services .AddWkHtmlSmartConvert() .AddPdf(options => { options.PageOrientation = PageOrientation.Landscape, options.IsGrayScale = true, options.Copies = 2, options.PageSize = PageSize.A0 });
The standard configuration looks for wkhtmltopdf installed on host and the environment variable PATH correctly configure, but instead of this, you can use the wkhtmltopdf embedded on the application.
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Install the additional nuget package into your application.
dotnet add package WkHtmlSmartConvert.Embedded
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Configure AddEmbedded just after AddWkHtmlSmartConvert.
services .AddWkHtmlSmartConvert() .AddEmbedded() .AddPdf();
You must inject IPdfConvert and call method ConvertAsync
public class ExamplePdfConvert
{
private readonly IPdfConvert _pdfConvert
public ExamplePdfConvert(IPdfConvert pdfConvert){
_pdfConvert = pdfConvert;
}
public async Task<byte[]> GeneratePdfAsync() {
var buffer = await _pdfConvert.ConvertAsync("<html>Hello World!</html>");
return buffer;
}
}