The objective of PDF generation service is to bulk generate pdf as per requirement.
Before you proceed with the documentation, make sure the following pre-requisites are met -
- Install npm.
- Kafka server is up and running.
- egov-persister service is running and has pdf generation persister config path added in it.
- PSQL server is running and the database is created to store filestore id and job id of generated pdf.
- Provide a common framework to generate PDF.
- Provide flexibility to customise the PDF as per the requirement.
- Provide functionality to add an image, Qr Code in PDF.
- Provide functionality to generate pdf in bulk.
- Provide functionality to specify a maximum number of records to be written in one PDF.
Environment Variables | Description |
MAX_NUMBER_PAGES | Maximum number of records to be written in one PDF |
DATE_TIMEZONE | Date timezone which will be used to convert epoch timestamp into date (DD/MM/YYYY) |
DEFAULT_LOCALISATION_LOCALE | Default value of localisation locale |
DEFAULT_LOCALISATION_TENANT | Default value of localisation tenant |
DATA_CONFIG_URLS | File path/URL'S of data config |
FORMAT_CONFIG_URLS | File path/URL'S of format config |
- PDFMake: (https://github.com/bpampuch/pdfmake - Connect to preview ):- for generating PDFs
- Mustache.js: (https://github.com/janl/mustache.js/ ):- as templating engine to populate format as defined in format config, from request json based on mappings defined in data config
- Create data config and format config for a PDF according to product requirement.
- Add data config and format config files in PDF configuration
- Add the file path of data and format config in the environment yml file
- Deploy the latest version of pdf-service in a particular environment.
For Configuration details please refer to Customizing PDF Receipts & Certificates.
The PDF configuration can be used by any module which needs to show particular information in PDF format that can be print/downloaded by the user.
- Functionality to generate PDFs in bulk.
- Avoid regeneration.
- Support QR codes and Images.
- Functionality to specify the maximum number of records to be written in one PDF.
- Uploading generated PDF to filestore and return filestore id for easy access.
- To download and print the required PDF _create API has to be called with the required key (For Integration with UI, please refer to the links in Reference Docs)
Title | Link |
Customizing PDF Receipts & Certificates | Customizing PDF Receipts & Certificates |
Steps for Integration of PDF in UI for download and print PDF | Integration of PDF in UI for download and print PDF |
API Swagger Documentation | Swagger Documentation |
Link | |
pdf-service/v1/_create | https://www.getpostman.com/collections/5a9bfd6fd03f9f2a6fad |
pdf-service/v1/_createnosave | https://www.getpostman.com/collections/5a9bfd6fd03f9f2a6fad |
pdf-service/v1/_search | https://www.getpostman.com/collections/5a9bfd6fd03f9f2a6fad |
(Note: All the API’s are in the same postman collection, therefore, the same link is added in each row)
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