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const puppeteer = require('puppeteer'); | |
class Webpage { | |
static async generatePDF(url) { | |
const browser = await puppeteer.launch({ headless: true }); // Puppeteer can only generate pdf in headless mode. | |
const page = await browser.newPage(); | |
await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'networkidle', networkIdleTimeout: 5000 }); // Adjust network idle as required. | |
const pdfConfig = { | |
path: 'url.pdf', // Saves pdf to disk. | |
format: 'A4', | |
printBackground: true, | |
margin: { // Word's default A4 margins | |
top: '2.54cm', | |
bottom: '2.54cm', | |
left: '2.54cm', | |
right: '2.54cm' | |
} | |
}; | |
await page.emulateMedia('screen'); | |
const pdf = await page.pdf(pdfConfig); // Return the pdf buffer. Useful for saving the file not to disk. | |
await browser.close(); | |
return pdf; | |
} | |
} | |
(async() => { | |
const url = 'https://ia601405.us.archive.org/18/items/alicesadventures19033gut/19033-h/19033-h.htm'; | |
const buffer = await Webpage.generatePDF(url); | |
})(); |
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When saving the file using
path: 'url.pdf'
, is it possible to use an absolute path? Such as~/Folder/to/save
?