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jsPdf creating blank pages after page filled with data

I am using jsPdf to create pdf. I am facing a problem, it is creating extra blank pages after creating pages filled with data. It is creating extra 4 to 5 blank pages.
const doc = new jsPDF({ format: 'a4' });
const source = document.getElementById("reports");
doc.setFont("arial", "normal");
doc.setFontSize(5);
doc.html(source, {
callback: function(doc) {
doc.save();
},
x: 10,
y: 10,
width: 140,
windowWidth: 1000,
});

Most probably your element proportions are not correct.
You can view this generate-pdf-from-react-html for correct use of styles and elements sizes.

Adding base64 encoded PNG to PDF is not working

I'm trying to embedd an image into a PDF with jsPDF. For some reason this is not working . This is the Code when I create my PDF:
exportPDF () {
const doc = new jsPDF('p', 'pt')
var footer = 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAC...'
var header = 'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgA...'
/* Some other stuff */
doc.addImage(this.output, 'PNG', 400, 400, 500, 500) #This does not work
doc.addImage(header, 'PNG', 0, 0, 600, 139.86) #For some reason these images work
doc.addImage(footer, 'PNG', 0, 800, 600, 54.68)
/* Some other stuff */
doc.save('Containertreppen Teileliste.pdf')
}
The Variable output is passed from another page and therefore not created in the method (I'm using vuejs). In this Variable the Screenshot of a Babylonjs Scene is stored, encoded in base64.
This is the Code when a take the Screenshot:
printDiv() {
this.scene.render();
const self = this
const options = {
type: "dataURL",
};
this.$html2canvas(document.getElementById("renderCanvas"), options).then(function(canvas){
self.output = canvas
})
},
I'm able to display the screenshot in an HTML-element and I can download it as a normal png but for some reason when I try to add it to my PDF the following error occurs in my console:
Error in v-on handler: "Error: Supplied Data is not a valid base64-String jsPDF.convertStringToImageData"
I also tried to put the String as src for an HTML-image-element but it changed nothing.
This is the beginning of the Variable output:
"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw..."
Can someone help me with this?

trying to modify the js function so that it gives the same output as it was when called the other js function

I am exporting the content on the webpage to the PDF file, for this i have used jsPDF API and i could able to get it work but now i want to use html2PDF as it resolves few issues which were faced when using jsPDF API.
I have written the function $scope.exportUsingJSPDF which is called when the button Export Using JSPDF is clicked. Similarly i want to implement the function $scope.exportUsingHTML2PDF which uses html2PDF API but could not succeed. Any inputs on how to modify $scope.exportUsingHTML2PDF so that it iterates the divs and shows the div content as shown when invoked using $scope.exportUsingJSPDF by clicking Export using JSPDF API.
Complete online example: https://plnkr.co/edit/454HUFF3rmLlkXLCQkbx?p=preview
js code:
//trying to implement the below function same as $scope.exportUsingJSPDF, so
// that when user click on Export using HTML2PDF button, it exports the content to the PDF and generaes the PDF.
$scope.exportUsingHTML2PDF = function(){
var pdf = new jsPDF('l', 'pt', 'a4');
var pdfName = 'test.pdf';
pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11;
pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5;
html2pdf(document.getElementByClassName("myDivClass"), pdf, function(pdf){
pdf.save(pdfName);
});
}
$scope.exportUsingJSPDF = function() {
var pdf = new jsPDF('p','pt','a4');
var pdfName = 'test.pdf';
var options = { pagesplit: true};
var $divs = $('.myDivClass') //jQuery object of all the myDivClass divs
var numRecursionsNeeded = $divs.length -1; //the number of times we need to call addHtml (once per div)
var currentRecursion=0;
//Found a trick for using addHtml more than once per pdf. Call addHtml in the callback function of addHtml recursively.
function recursiveAddHtmlAndSave(currentRecursion, totalRecursions){
//Once we have done all the divs save the pdf
if(currentRecursion==totalRecursions){
pdf.save(pdfName);
}else{
currentRecursion++;
pdf.addPage();
//$('.myDivClass')[currentRecursion] selects one of the divs out of the jquery collection as a html element
//addHtml requires an html element. Not a string like fromHtml.
pdf.fromHTML($('.myDivClass')[currentRecursion], 15, 20, options, function(){
console.log(currentRecursion);
recursiveAddHtmlAndSave(currentRecursion, totalRecursions)
});
}
}
pdf.fromHTML($('.myDivClass')[currentRecursion], 15, 20, options, function(){
recursiveAddHtmlAndSave(currentRecursion, numRecursionsNeeded);
});
}
PS: I was trying to modify $scope.exportUsingHTML2PDF so that it gives the same output as generated when clicked on "Export using JSPDF" button which calls the function $scope.exportUsingJSPDF.

The problem lies with your function using exportUsingHTML2PDF, the error is that you need to pass in the html to the function of html2PDF. Manage the page css on the basis of your need.
EDIT: You have wrong library. Please check html2pdf.js library within the plunker
Working plunker: html2pdf
$scope.exportUsingHTML2PDF = function() {
var element = document.getElementById('element-to-print');
html2pdf(element, {
margin: 1,
filename: 'myfile.pdf',
image: {
type: 'jpeg',
quality: 0.98
},
html2canvas: {
dpi: 192,
letterRendering: true
},
jsPDF: {
unit: 'in',
format: 'letter',
orientation: 'portrait'
}
});
}

With JSPDF and HTML2PDF, you have to get used to two fundamentally different coding styles:
JSPDF: imperative (javascript statements)
HTML2PDF: declarative (directives embedded in HTML)
So for page breaks:
JSPDF: pdf.addPage();
HTML2PDF: <div class="html2pdf__page-break"></div>
That should work, however HTML2PDF is buggy and gives a "Supplied data is not a JPEG" error when <div class="html2pdf__page-break"></div> is included (at least it does so for me, in Plunkr), despite being totally what the documentation tells us to do.
I haven't got time to debug it. You'll need to do some research. Someone will have posted a solution somewhere on the web.

Using jspdf to save html page as pdf, saved pdf contains incomplete page content if browser is zoomed, Why?

I am using jspdf and html2canvas combination to save html page as pdf. A pdf copy of current page is saved the moment you click a button. The problem is, if you zoom in the page, and then click the button, the saved pdf contains incomplete portion of the current page. Most of the part not visible on page due to zooming, gets cut off in the saved pdf page. What is the solution?
Below is the js code being invoked upon click of save button-
var pdf = new jsPDF('l', 'pt', 'a4');
var source = $('#someId')[0];
var options = {
background : '#eee'
};
pdf.addHTML(source, options, function(){
pdf.save('abcd.pdf');
});
EDIT
Taking idea from Saurabh's approach, I tried quite a similar thing, but without writing code for any extra div element. Before saving to pdf I made the screen size of a fixed width, and after printing I brought back the width back to default normal. It is working fine for, if it fails, we can always fix the height of the screen too, so that it appears fine in generated pdf despite zooming. Below is the code used by me:-
var pdf = new jsPDF('l', 'pt', 'a4');
var source = $('#someId')[0];
var options = {
background : '#eee'
};
var width = source.clientWidth;
source.style.width = '1700px';
pdf.addHTML(source, options,
function(){
pdf.save('abcd.pdf');
source.style.width = width+'px';
});

Here is how I managed to get the full page pdf while the page is zoomed in using jsPDF's new .html() method. First, I force the page zoom level back to 100% before converting it to pdf. It's important to reset the scale in html2canvas option after that, otherwise it'll returns a blank page.
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jspdf/1.5.3/jspdf.debug.js"
integrity="sha384-NaWTHo/8YCBYJ59830LTz/P4aQZK1sS0SneOgAvhsIl3zBu8r9RevNg5lHCHAuQ/"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://html2canvas.hertzen.com/dist/html2canvas.min.js"></script>
<!-- html2canvas 1.0.0-alpha.11 or higher version is needed -->
<script>
function download() {
// Bring the page zoom level back to 100%
const scale = window.innerWidth / window.outerWidth;
if (scale != 1) {
document.body.style.zoom = scale;
}
let pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'a4');
pdf.html(document.getElementById('idName'), {
html2canvas: {
scale: 1 // default is window.devicePixelRatio
},
callback: function () {
// pdf.save('test.pdf');
window.open(pdf.output('bloburl')); // to debug
}
});
}
</script>
Update: A better way is to adjust the html2canvas.scale according to the scale factor.
function download() {
let pWidth = pdf.internal.pageSize.width; // 595.28 is the width of a4
let srcWidth = document.getElementById('idName').scrollWidth;
let margin = 18; // narrow margin - 1.27 cm (36);
let scale = (pWidth - margin * 2) / srcWidth;
let pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'a4');
pdf.html(document.getElementById('idName'), {
x: margin,
y: margin,
html2canvas: {
scale: scale,
},
callback: function () {
window.open(pdf.output('bloburl'));
}
});
}

I was going through the same problem,
To do this what I did is I made a copy of printing div and while clicking print button I attached div copy to my dom with margin-top:500px
After I got its image then I hide this copy of the div, and set margin-top:0px
I hope this will work for you.

convert just specific HTML table columns to PDF using jsPDF && jsPDF AutoTable

I'm trying to figure out how to convert just specific columns into PDF file. In this time I'm able to print just all the columns of the table but I don't need all of them.
This is how I ipmlemented conversion:
function demoPDF() {
var pdf = new jsPDF('l', 'pt', 'a4');
var res = pdf.autoTableHtmlToJson(document.getElementById("tableToConvert"));
pdf.autoTable(res.columns, res.data, {
startY: 60,
tableWidth: 'auto',
columnWidth: 'auto',
styles: {
overflow: 'linebreak'
}
});
pdf.save("pdfExample.pdf");
};
Don't you have any idea how to solve it?

Check for bold text.
Refer from https://github.com/simonbengtsson/jsPDF-AutoTable
autoTableHtmlToJson(tableElem, includeHiddenElements) Use it to
generate the javascript objects required for this library from an html
table (see from html example). If includeHiddenElements is set to true
hidden rows and columns will be included otherwise excluded.
So, for your case, you need to change the code like below:
var res = pdf.autoTableHtmlToJson(document.getElementById("tableToConvert"), false);