README

Php client for breezy-pdf-lite, an HTML -> PDF service powered by Google Chrome.

Dependencies

• breezy-pdf-lite

  BreezyPDF Lite: HTML to PDF generation as a Service

Installation

composer require jitendra/breezy-pdf-lite-php

Usage & Examples

use BreezyPdfLite\BreezyPdfLite;

$breezy = new BreezyPdfLite('http://localhost:5000', 'VERY_RANDOM_SECRET');

// Gets pdf string for given html content
$breezy->readHtml('<h1>Hello, world!</h1>')
       ->getPdfAsString();

// Saves converted pdf file locally for given html content
$breezy->readHtml('<h1>Hello, world!</h1>')
       ->getPdfSavedAs('/home/ubuntu/hello.pdf');

// Saves converted pdf file locally for given local html/view file
$breezy->readHtmlFromFile('/home/ubuntu/hello.html')
       ->getPdfSavedAs('/home/ubuntu/hello.pdf');

// Saves converted pdf file locally for given remote html page/view
$breezy->readHtmlFromRemote('https://example.com')
       ->getPdfSavedAs('/home/ubuntu/example.pdf');

// Saves converted pdf file locally for given local html page/view
// Also accepts additional print options, ref https://github.com/jitendra-1217/breezy-pdf-lite-php/blob/master/src/Options.php for all available options
// Please note that these options can be provided as part of html meta tags from the html page/view itself (as in /example/2.php file)
// Following options are actually appended in html content as meta tags
$breezy->withOptions(['height' => 5, 'width' => 5])
       ->readHtmlFromFile(__DIR__.'/input/example.html')
       ->getPdfSavedAs(__DIR__.'/output/example.pdf');

Additionally, refer to /examples/* folder for quick start & experiment with options etc.