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Reliable way to convert an SVG file to a PDF file using headless Chrome
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # | |
| # Convert an SVG file to a PDF file by using headless Chrome. | |
| # | |
| if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: ./svg2pdf.bash input.svg output.pdf" 1>&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| INPUT=$1 | |
| OUTPUT=$2 | |
| HTML=" | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <style> | |
| body { | |
| margin: 0; | |
| } | |
| </style> | |
| <script> | |
| function init() { | |
| const element = document.getElementById('targetsvg'); | |
| const positionInfo = element.getBoundingClientRect(); | |
| const height = positionInfo.height; | |
| const width = positionInfo.width; | |
| const style = document.createElement('style'); | |
| style.innerHTML = \`@page {margin: 0; size: \${width}px \${height}px}\`; | |
| document.head.appendChild(style); | |
| } | |
| window.onload = init; | |
| </script> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <img id=\"targetsvg\" src=\"${INPUT}\"> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> | |
| " | |
| tmpfile=$(mktemp XXXXXX.html) | |
| trap "rm -f $tmpfile" EXIT | |
| echo $HTML > $tmpfile | |
| google-chrome --headless --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf=$OUTPUT $tmpfile |
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I didn't try this, but by including the SVG as an image in an HTML document, doesn't it lose text information (it's rasterized for security)? Therefore, I'm guessing the PDF produced will also not contain text (that can be searched). Maybe not a huge problem...