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Streaming PDF to browser

ntnkeith — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:43:42 -0400

Is there a way to stream the pdf to browser instead of making a download of it.

Re: Pdfcrowd Error: [303]

support — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:01:09 -0400

Hello,

The API call does not hit our server at all. It looks like it is blocked by a firewall or there is another restriction issue which prevents the client library from connecting to our server. Were there any changes to your network configuration that occurred recently?

The client library needs to send a POST request to pdfcrowd.com, ports 80 (http) and/or 443 (https). I would recommend that you contact your ISP or network administrator to see if they're able to troubleshoot the problem.

If your application runs on Linux, could you send us the output of the following command?

curl -v -F username=username -F key=apikey -F src=1 http://pdfcrowd.com/api/pdf/convert/html/ > /dev/null

Re: Pdfcrowd Error: [303]

bri71ph — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:00:17 -0400

the account name is: foscon

Re: Pdfcrowd Error: [303]

support — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:39:27 -0400

Hello,

The issue is not related to the account renewal.
Let us know your account username and we will look into it.

Pdfcrowd Error: [303]

bri71ph — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:24:01 -0400

We encountered Pdfcrowd Error: [303]

Sample link

Online pdfcrowd conversions for the 1st month is OK with 200 tokens but on the 2nd month where our subscription is auto-renew, we now encountered this error: [303].

Thanks in advance.

Re: Different output

support — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:13:43 -0400

Hello,

If you can post your HTML file and pinpoint what exactly is not looking good, we can take a look at what can be done about it.

Re: Different output

koya — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:34:08 -0400

Hi,

I tried it. It works upto some extent. But getting perfection output.

Actually what I am doing is,

1 . I am having a php file to enter input. After filling the input data, once after submit "send" button, it will goto output page where the entered input data will be printed in this file.

2 . And meanwhile when entering into the output page, output buffer will starts and it will automatically creates a .html file by using buffer concept for second file.

3 . We are using to convert this created html file to pdf using API.

4 . Everything is fine. But the output file is not looking good.

5 . I need to get the output for pdf as same as the generated .html file.

6 . But now its not coming like that. I tried alot of alternatives for this. Nothing workout

Re: Different output

support — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:49:57 -0400

Hello,

Add the lines above to your application before calling convertURI(), convertHtml(), or convertFile().

Note that this is PHP code. If you use another programming language to call the Pdfcrowd API, simply change the code syntax - the method names are the same.

Re: Different output

koya — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:10:42 -0400

Hi,

I am also facing the same problem.

I am having 3 html pages.

After using API I am getting only 2 pages as output for pdf.

That is looking very unprofessional.

I need to get 3 pages as output for pdf.

If I need to get three pages as output like you said, where I need to use this code?

For which method i need to set these lines?

Re: Different output

support — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 05:40:58 -0400

Hello,

Add the following lines to your code to make the output PDF from the API and from the homepage the same:

$client->setHtmlZoom("100");
$client->setPdfScalingFactor("1.33");

Use this to setup the page in Landscape mode:

$client->setPageHeight("8.5in");
$client->setPageWidth("11in");

Different output

chichi.filweb — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:09:42 -0400

I'm using the api for php.

Why is it that the output pdf from the api for php and the one from your homepage "Convert web page" are different.
The one from your homepage outputs a better pdf file than with the api for php.

Re: cross origin issue while using the REST API

support — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:02:09 -0400

This is not possible at the moment.

Re: cross origin issue while using the REST API

nagarajhubli — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 06:20:03 -0400

Is there anyway I can use the REST API through JavaScript?

Re: cross origin issue while using the REST API

support — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 05:57:26 -0400

Hello Nagaraj,

Thank you for your feedback. We will consider adding CORS support in future service updates.

cross origin issue while using the REST API

nagarajhubli — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:11:48 -0400

Hi,

I just created a trial account, and using my username and api key, I am trying to make a REST API from a sample html file which I hosted in my dropbox account to convert HTML to PDF, but I am getting the following error message.

"XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://pdfcrowd.com/api/pdf/convert/html/. Origin https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com is not allowed by Access-Control-Allow-Origin."

I think you should whitelist domains for making CORS - http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/

Thanks,
Nagaraj

Re: Does PDFCrowd support HTML5 Canvas?

support — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:46:22 -0400

Hello,

Yes, we support html5 canvas. If you can post a sample code that doesn't work for you, we will look into what is the problem.

Does PDFCrowd support HTML5 Canvas?

jm21 — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 03:50:50 -0400

I'm using pixastic jquery component to colorize an image and after that create a pdf. Pixastic uses the canvas element to colorize images, I noticed that the pdf doesn't show the image after using pixastic and wanted to know whether pdfcrowd supports html5 canvas

Re: Fonts of typekit won't get rendered?!

support — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 06:54:54 -0400

Hello Peter,

We do not support typekit at the moment. Sorry.

Fonts of typekit won't get rendered?!

POG — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:15:03 -0400

Is there any way to render the pdf with correct fonts or wait until they are rendered?
At the moment my page output look like in the attachment when i use your service.

Thanks for response

Peter

Re: Convert to PDF not printing dynamic images

jm21 — Thu, 30 May 2013 04:29:02 -0400

Thanks for the info, I'll try that and get back with an answer asap

Re: Convert to PDF not printing dynamic images

support — Thu, 30 May 2013 04:26:15 -0400

Hello,

The "Save to PDF Link" is not able to capture local changes made to a web page.

This should be solvable with our API (https://pdfcrowd.com/html-to-pdf-api/):

1/ The "Convert to PDF" link on your web page would submit the information about the overlay (overlay url, transformation matrix,..) to your server side application.

2/ Your application would generate HTML (or a unique web page) with the overlay positioned according to the received information, pass it to our API, and return back the resulting PDF.

Re: Convert to PDF not printing dynamic images

jm21 — Wed, 29 May 2013 07:29:28 -0400

Below is the link
http://www.abelanani.com/view/viewimage.php?url=../../images/product_images/CLOCKS/FUNCTIONAL/HYGROMETER_TEMPERATURE_CLOCK/CLOCK102//BIG.jpg

To see what am saying please click on Select Image to overlay and upload a jpg/png/gif. Once uploaded you can resize it and position it. When satisfied click on the Convert to pdf link. The pdf created only has the background image and not the image thats been inserted dynamically

Re: How to return raw PDF data using the Node client library?

trav — Mon, 27 May 2013 16:11:34 -0400

Figured it out. Here is the code that does it, for any who might have the same problem:

client.convertHtml( bodyHTML, {
pdf: function( rstream ) {
rstream.on( "data", function( chunk ){
data.push( chunk );
});
rstream.on( "end", function() {
var buffer = new Buffer( data.reduce(function( prev, current ) {
return prev.concat( Array.prototype.slice.call( current ));
}, []));
callback( buffer.toString( "base64" ));
});
}
}, pdfConfig );

How to return raw PDF data using the Node client library?

trav — Mon, 27 May 2013 15:13:24 -0400

I am using the Node client library as per the following instructions...

var pdf = require('pdfcrowd');

// create an API client instance
var client = new pdf.Pdfcrowd("username", "apikey");

// convert an HTML string and send the generated PDF in a HTTP response
client.convertHtml('regular HTML code', pdf.sendHttpResponse(response));

How do I return the raw pdf data? I don't want to automatically send it it to the client or save it. I tried the following but it does not work:

client.convertHtml('regular HTML code', function(pdfData) {...});

Re: Change Active Domains

support — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:24:46 -0400

Hello,

Yes, this is possible. Simply change the domain name on your account page and click the "Set" button.

Re: Some different questions for beginner

support — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:09 -0400

Hello,

Unfortunately, the answer to a) and b) is negative as the API does not support the @page css rule. Folding marks are not supported either.

In general, currently it is not possible to use different settings for the first and the following pages.

As far as c) is concerned, it is hard to advise without knowing more details. If you can post here an example of the desired layout we can look into if and how it could be achieved.

Change Active Domains

pablo — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:13:29 -0400

Hello
I have already paid for the license "Save to PDF Link", I will enlist a temporary domain for this liscenia, then I need to change the final rule, is this possible?

appreciate prompt response

Thanks

Re: Convert to PDF not printing dynamic images

support — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:07:55 -0400

Hello,

If you can post a link to your page we can take a look at what can be done about it.

Convert to PDF not printing dynamic images

jm21 — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:42:15 -0400

I have a website where am inserting an image dynamicallly using jquery and using jqueryui I move/resize/rotate the image to the desired proportions and position and then convert to pdf. For some reason the convert to pdf doesn't print the image that's been inserted dynamically. Is there any reason why this isn't working? Am using absolute url's for the dynamically inserted image

Some different questions for beginner

treudoof — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:24:39 -0400

Hello together,

last time we are using lot of own libs for creating pdfs. Now we found that api. First look was good and now playing around with it.. i found some problems. Maybe it is not flexible enough, or i just dont know how to get it work, or i missunderstood some things. Therefore here some questions:

a) Ist it possible to define a background image per page? (Perfect would be different ones for the first and following pages?) I tried with css print and @page and @page :first and set there background-image as absolute url, but didnt work.

b) can i ignore the page margins in the api call and use instead the @page css definition? Because of the same reason, i want differnet page margins on first and following sides.

c) if b) is not possible, how can for e.g. a "regular" letter defined. On first page, you have the logo, and below the sender, and the recipient and then the text starts.. until 3--4-5-6 pages. I would do the logo as header.. shall the sender and recipient also be done as header?

d) Is there a possibility to create folding marks on each page?

I think that was it for now :) Would be nice if anyone have some answers for me.

Regards and thank you.