a library that wraps and render razor html to pdf
Engine Types: - WkhtmlToPdf: 1 - PhantomPdf: 2
Initialize
services.AddReport((provider, options) =>
{
options.Engine = ReportEngine.WkhtmlToPdf;
options.ReportPath = "ReportData";
options.UseRelativePath = true;
});When using the engine WkhtmlToPdf: for windows; download the binary copy the bin files and save to relative path defined in report options https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html
for linux: install the wkhtml from apt
apt-get update && apt-get install -y libgdiplus fontconfig xfonts-base
apt-get update && apt install -y wget xfonts-75dpi
cd /tmp && wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_amd64.deb \
&& dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_amd64.deb \
&& apt -f install
Code Implementation
public class ReportParameters
{
public const string Unspecified = "(Unspecified)";
public string Tag { get; set; }
}
public class ReportController : ReportController<ReportParameters>
{
public override async Task<ReportParameters> BuildReportParameter()
{
return new ReportParameters
{
Tag = ReportParameters.Unspecified
};
}
[Route("[action]"), HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> Test()
{
var rData = await ReportData.TestData();
var pData = await PostProcess(rData);
return PartialView("Test", pData);
}
}Sample Razor view
@using z.Report
@model z.Report.Model.ReportDataModel<UserModel, ReportParameters>
<body>
<h3>LIST OF USERS</h3>
<div class="header" style="text-align:right">
<div style="font-weight: bold">@Model.Parameters.Company</div>
<div style="font-size: 11px">@Model.Parameters.Name (@Model.Parameters.Email)</div>
<div style="font-size: 8px">@Model.Parameters.CurrentDate.FormatDate("ddd MMM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss")</div>
<hr />
</div>
<div class="pga">
<div class="columns">
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th width="10%">USERNAME</th>
</tr>
</thead>
@foreach (var itm in Model.ResultSet)
{
<tr>
<td>@itm.UserName</td>
</tr>
}
</table>
</div>
</div>
</body>
Using fetch in JS
var res = await this.http.fetch('Report/Test', { method: 'post').then(x => x.text());
console.log(res) //data:application/pdf;base64, ...to override the basic report option
//globally
public override IReportFeature Configure()
{
return HttpContext.ReportFeature()
.Configure((req) => req.Options.PageOrientation = z.Report.Options.Orientation.Landscape)
.Base64();
}
//per method
[Route("[action]"), HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> Test()
{
ReportFeature.Landscape().Base64();
var rData = await ReportData.TestData();
var pData = await PostProcess(rData);
return PartialView("Test", pData);
}Added support for Chrome Engine
Check this project for deployment requirements: https://github.com/Sicos1977/ChromiumHtmlToPdf
services.AddReport((provider, options) =>
{
options.Engine = z.Report.Options.ReportEngine.Chrome;
options.ReportPath = "AutoGen/ReportData";
options.UseRelativePath = true;
});