How to properly use jsPDF library
You only need this link jspdf.min.js
It has everything in it.
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.3.2/jspdf.min.js"></script>
According to the latest version (1.5.3) there is no fromHTML()
method anymore.
Instead you should utilize jsPDF HTML plugin, see: https://rawgit.com/MrRio/jsPDF/master/docs/module-html.html#~html
You also need to add html2canvas library in order for it to work properly: https://github.com/niklasvh/html2canvas
JS (from API docs):
var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.html(document.body, {
callback: function (doc) {
doc.save();
}
});
You can provide HTML string instead of reference to the DOM element as well.
you can use pdf from html as follows,
Step 1: Add the following script to the header
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.3.2/jspdf.min.js"></script>
or download locally
Step 2: Add HTML script to execute jsPDF code
Customize this to pass the identifier or just change #content to be the identifier you need.
<script>
function demoFromHTML() {
var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter');
// source can be HTML-formatted string, or a reference
// to an actual DOM element from which the text will be scraped.
source = $('#content')[0];
// we support special element handlers. Register them with jQuery-style
// ID selector for either ID or node name. ("#iAmID", "div", "span" etc.)
// There is no support for any other type of selectors
// (class, of compound) at this time.
specialElementHandlers = {
// element with id of "bypass" - jQuery style selector
'#bypassme': function (element, renderer) {
// true = "handled elsewhere, bypass text extraction"
return true
}
};
margins = {
top: 80,
bottom: 60,
left: 40,
width: 522
};
// all coords and widths are in jsPDF instance's declared units
// 'inches' in this case
pdf.fromHTML(
source, // HTML string or DOM elem ref.
margins.left, // x coord
margins.top, { // y coord
'width': margins.width, // max width of content on PDF
'elementHandlers': specialElementHandlers
},
function (dispose) {
// dispose: object with X, Y of the last line add to the PDF
// this allow the insertion of new lines after html
pdf.save('Test.pdf');
}, margins
);
}
</script>
Step 3: Add your body content
<a href="javascript:demoFromHTML()" class="button">Run Code</a>
<div id="content">
<h1>
We support special element handlers. Register them with jQuery-style.
</h1>
</div>