How to convert dynamic html to pdf?

Question

I want to convert dynamic html to pdf. Following code show the conversion of static html to pdf:

Document document = new Document();
        // step 2
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("d:/sample/pdfaskkea.pdf"));
        // step 3
        document.open();
        // step 4
        XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance().parseXHtml(writer, document,new FileInputStream("webcontent/jsp/index.jsp"), null); 
        
//        XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance().parseXHtml(writer, document,new FileInputStream("C:\\pdf_table1.html"), null);
        //step 5
        
        
         document.close();
 
        System.out.println( "PDF Created!" );

Answer 1

From your question it is not clear, what you mean under "dynamic HTML".

If it is an HTML dynamically created with JSP, for example, PD4ML offers a JSP custom tag library - you only need to surround your code with and to output PDF instead of HTML.

If under dynamic HTML you mean JavaScript-rich HTML pages, I would recommend to take a look at PhantomJS , which can convert HTMLs also built on-a-fly with JavaScript. PhantomJS is a native standalone application, based on WebKit.

Answer 2

You can use itext pdf library to convert html into rich PDF files. To generate dynamic HTML content you can use a template library like thymeleaf.

I have a detailed article about generating PDF files with thymeleaf in a spring boot application if you are interested.