This commit introduces a new PDF generation module leveraging the HTML2PDF library. The module generates PDFs from HTML templates, supports customization through styles and templates, and integrates with Minio for storage and retrieval. A test route is added for generating and serving PDFs dynamically.
HTML2PDF MODULE
This module is used to convert HTML to PDF using the html2pdf library.
Repository: https://github.com/spipu/html2pdf/
What does it do?
- Converts HTML to PDF using the html2pdf library.
- Automatically stores the generated PDF in the specified directory. (temporary directory)
- Sends the generated PDF to the minio / s3 bucket.
- Downloads the generated PDF to the local container, when the user requests it. (This is to ensure that the user can download the PDF even if the file is not stored in the local machine)
- Sends the generated PDF to the user as a response to the request.
Requirements
- PHP 7.2 or higher
- Composer
- HTML2PDF library
- TCPDF library
- The
./tmpdirectory must be writable by the web server user - The
./tmpdirectory must be writable by the user running the PHP script