[javascript] How to properly use jsPDF library

I want to convert some of my divs into PDF and I've tried jsPDF library but with no success. It seems I can't understand what I need to import to make the library work. I've been through the examples and I still can't figure it out. I've tried the following:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jspdf.min.js"></script>

After jQuery and:

$("#html2pdf").on('click', function(){
    var doc = new jsPDF();
    doc.fromHTML($('body').get(0), 15, 15, {
        'width': 170
    });
    console.log(doc);
});

for testing purposes but I receive:

"Cannot read property '#smdadminbar' of undefined"

where #smdadminbar is the first div from the body.

This question is related to javascript jquery html jspdf

The answer is


Shouldn't you also be using the jspdf.plugin.from_html.js library? Besides the main library (jspdf.js), you must use other libraries for "special operations" (like jspdf.plugin.addimage.js for using images). Check https://github.com/MrRio/jsPDF.


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>

This is finally what did it for me (and triggers a disposition):

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function onClick() {_x000D_
  var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter');_x000D_
  pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11;_x000D_
  pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5;_x000D_
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  pdf.fromHTML(document.body);_x000D_
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  pdf.save('test.pdf');_x000D_
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var element = document.getElementById("clickbind");_x000D_
element.addEventListener("click", onClick);
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<h1>Dsdas</h1>_x000D_
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<a id="clickbind" href="#">Click</a>_x000D_
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.3.3/jspdf.min.js"></script>
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And for those of the KnockoutJS inclination, a little binding:

ko.bindingHandlers.generatePDF = {
    init: function(element) {

        function onClick() {
            var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter');
            pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11;
            pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5;

            pdf.fromHTML(document.body);

            pdf.save('test.pdf');                    
        };

        element.addEventListener("click", onClick);
    }
};

first, you have to create a handler.

var specialElementHandlers = {
    '#editor': function(element, renderer){
        return true;
    }
};

then write this code in click event:

doc.fromHTML($('body').get(0), 15, 15, {
    'width': 170, 
    'elementHandlers': specialElementHandlers
        });

var pdfOutput = doc.output();
            console.log(">>>"+pdfOutput );

assuming you've already declared doc variable. And Then you have save this pdf file using File-Plugin.


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.


how about in vuejs how is it applicable?

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function onClick() {_x000D_
  var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter');_x000D_
  pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11;_x000D_
  pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5;_x000D_
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  pdf.fromHTML(document.body);_x000D_
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  pdf.save('test.pdf');_x000D_
};_x000D_
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var element = document.getElementById("clickbind");_x000D_
element.addEventListener("click", onClick);
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<h1>Dsdas</h1>_x000D_
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<a id="clickbind" href="#">Click</a>_x000D_
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.3.3/jspdf.min.js"></script>
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