Would you like to add your logo or a draft watermark to your dynamically generated PDF? That's easy to do with DocRaptor's HTML to PDF API!
Step 1: Make some Pages
To set up this example, we'll force the creation of three pages with the page-break-after
CSS property. This simply adds a line-break after each <div>
:
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 1</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 2</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 3</div>
For a document with actual content, you won't need these dummmy page breaks! We just wanted to show the watermark working across multiple pages.
Step 2: Define the Watermark
Let's make a really simple watermark:
<div id="watermark"><img src="https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png" /></div>
Step 3: Add the Watermark
Here's where we leave regular CSS and HTML behind and showcase the power of DocRaptor's PDF engine:
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
}
@page {
@prince-overlay {
content: flow(watermarkflow)
}
}
First, we use our custom flow
CSS property to remove the #watermark
block from the document flow. We put it into a separate flow that we've named watermarkflow
.
When defining custom flows, the HTML for the flow must appear in your HTML code before where you want to use it. For watermarks (and headers/footers), it's best to put the HTML at the top of your HTML code (see our full examples below).
Next, we take newly defined flow and put it into the @prince-overlay
page region. This particular page region is overlayed across the entire document page so it's perfect for a watermark. In this example, the same watermark is used on every page but we could also use another custom CSS propery, named pages, to create different watermarks on different pages or hide the watermarks on the intro pages.
Step 4: Style the Watermark
Let's lower the opacity of the watermark and center it:
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
opacity: 0.7;
text-align: center;
}
And that's all it takes! Just a few line of code to apply a custom PDF watermark. See below for complete PDF generation code examples in various languages.
This watermark code will not work on test documents (meaning it also won't work with our public API key). You must have a DocRaptor account to use watermarks.
Code Examples
- Test API Key:
- YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
Using DocRaptor's API
Below are the basics of using DocRaptor's HTTP API. It can easily be used in any programming language, but if we don't have a native agent for your language, please let us know! That'll help us write the best examples and agents.
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
To make documents, send a POST request to this URL:
https://YOUR_API_KEY_HERE@docraptor.com/docs
Send JSON-encoded API parameters (you'll need to set an HTTP header for Content-Type
as application/json
). These are the only required parameters:
{
"type": "pdf",
"document_content": "Hello World!"
}
Generating the Document with cURL
Here's a completely functional code sample for this tutorial:
cat <<-'PDF_OPTIONS' > pdf_options.json
{
"test": false,
"document_content": "<div id=\"watermark\"><img src=\"https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png\" /></div><div style=\"page-break-after: always;\">Page 1</div><div style=\"page-break-after: always;\">Page 2</div><div style=\"page-break-after: always;\">Page 3</div><style>#watermark {flow: static(watermarkflow);opacity: 0.7;text-align: center;}@page {@prince-overlay {content: flow(watermarkflow);}}</style>",
"document_type": "pdf"
}
PDF_OPTIONS
curl https://YOUR_API_KEY_HERE@docraptor.com/docs \
--fail --silent --show-error \
--header "Content-Type:application/json" \
--data @pdf_options.json \
> image-based-watermark.pdf
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Related Tutorials & Documentation
See the complete PDF tutorial list or review the documentation for additional info, such as generating asynchronous documents.
Frameworks supported
- .NET 4.0 or later
- Windows Phone 7.1 (Mango)
Dependencies
- RestSharp - 105.2.3 or later
- Json.NET - 7.0.0 or later
- JsonSubTypes - 1.2.0 or later
Installing the .NET Agent
With Nuget:
nuget.exe install DocRaptor
With the Package Manager Console:
Install-Package DocRaptor
You can also download the DLL directly from GitHub.
Generating the Document
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
using DocRaptor.Client;
using DocRaptor.Model;
using DocRaptor.Api;
using System;
using System.IO;
class Example
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
DocApi docraptor = new DocApi();
docraptor.Configuration.Username = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE";
try
{
Doc doc = new Doc(
name: "image-based-watermark",
test: false, // test documents are free but watermarked
documentContent: System.IO.File.ReadAllText(@"image-based-watermark-content.html"),
// documentUrl: "http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html", // or use a url
documentType: Doc.DocumentTypeEnum.Pdf
// javascript: false, // enables JavaScript processing
);
byte[] create_response = docraptor.CreateDoc(doc);
File.WriteAllBytes("image-based-watermark.pdf", create_response);
} catch (DocRaptor.Client.ApiException error) {
Console.Write(error.ErrorContent);
}
}
}
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Related Tutorials & Documentation
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Install the Java Agent
Add the com.docraptor
package to your project. For example, with Maven you'd add the DocRaptor package to your pom.xml
:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.docraptor</groupId>
<artifactId>docraptor</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
And then install it:
mvn install com.docraptor
Generating the Document
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
import com.docraptor.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.nio.file.*;
public class Sync {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
DocApi docraptor = new DocApi();
ApiClient client = docraptor.getApiClient();
client.setUsername("YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
try {
Doc doc = new Doc();
doc.setTest(false); // test documents are free but watermarked
doc.setDocumentContent(
new String(
Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get("image-based-watermark-content.html"))
)
);
// doc.setDocumentUrl("http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html"); // or use a url
doc.setDocumentType(Doc.DocumentTypeEnum.PDF);
// doc.setJavascript(false); // enables JavaScript processing
byte[] createResponse = docraptor.createDoc(doc);
FileOutputStream file = new FileOutputStream(
"image-based-watermark.pdf"
);
file.write(createResponse);
file.close();
} catch (ApiException error) {
System.err.println(error);
System.err.println(error.getCode());
System.err.println(error.getMessage());
System.err.println(error.getResponseBody());
}
}
}
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Related Tutorials & Documentation
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The DocRaptor JavaScript Library
The DocRaptor JavaScript library makes it easy to create PDFs with JavaScript. The library does not require jQuery, but you can use jQuery to define your document content. When a PDF is requested, the library constructs a hidden form and submits it to the DocRaptor API. The form is necessary to trigger the browser download window.
This library exposes your API key in your website source code. This code should never be used in a publicly-accessible location, instead try using our referrer-based API or a server-side agent such as PHP or Ruby.
JavaScript Example
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://docraptor.com/docraptor-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script>
var downloadPDFOf = function(selector) {
DocRaptor.createAndDownloadDoc("YOUR_API_KEY_HERE", {
name: "image-based-watermark",
test: false, // test documents are free but watermarked
document_content: document.querySelector(selector).innerHTML,
// document_url: "http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html", // or use a url
document_type: "pdf"
// javascript: false, // enables JavaScript processing
});
};
</script>
<style>
@media print {
#pdf-button {
display: none;
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="watermark">
<img
src="https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png"
/>
</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 1</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 2</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 3</div>
<style>
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
opacity: 0.7;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
@prince-overlay {
content: flow(watermarkflow);
}
}
</style>
<button id="pdf-button" type="button" onclick="downloadPDFOf('html')">
Download PDF
</button>
</body>
</html>
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DocRaptor & Node.js
The best way to use DocRaptor with Node.js is directly through our HTTP API. In this example, we'll use the request module, but you can obviously use any HTTP client you'd like.
Install the Request Module
npm install request
Generating the Document
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
const request = require("request");
const fs = require("fs");
document_content = `
<div id="watermark"><img src="https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png" /></div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 1</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 2</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 3</div>
<style>
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
opacity: 0.7;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
@prince-overlay {
content: flow(watermarkflow);
}
}
</style>
`;
config = {
url: "https://docraptor.com/docs",
encoding: null, //IMPORTANT! This produces a binary body response instead of text
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
json: {
user_credentials: "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
doc: {
test: false, // test documents are free but watermarked
document_content: document_content,
// document_url: "http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html", // or use a url
document_type: "pdf"
// javascript: false, // enables JavaScript processing
}
}
};
request.post(config, function(error, response, body) {
if (response.statusCode == 200) {
fs.writeFile(
"image-based-watermark.pdf",
body,
"binary",
function(writeErr) {
if (writeErr) throw writeErr;
console.log(
"Saved image-based-watermark.pdf!"
);
}
);
} else {
console.error("Error converting to PDF!", body.toString());
}
});
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Installing the PHP Agent
composer require docraptor/docraptor
Generating the Document
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
<?php
$docraptor = new DocRaptor\DocApi();
$docraptor->getConfig()->setUsername("YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");
$document_content = <<<DOCUMENT_CONTENT
<div id="watermark"><img src="https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png" /></div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 1</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 2</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 3</div>
<style>
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
opacity: 0.7;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
@prince-overlay {
content: flow(watermarkflow);
}
}
</style>
DOCUMENT_CONTENT;
try {
$doc = new DocRaptor\Doc();
$doc->setTest(false); # test documents are free but watermarked
$doc->setDocumentContent($document_content);
# $doc->setDocumentUrl("http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html"); # or use a url
$doc->setDocumentType("pdf");
# $doc->setJavascript(false); # enables JavaScript processing
$create_response = $docraptor->createDoc($doc);
$pdf = fopen(
'image-based-watermark.pdf',
"wb"
);
fwrite($pdf, $create_response);
fclose($pdf);
} catch (DocRaptor\ApiException $error) {
echo $error . "\n";
echo $error->getMessage() . "\n";
echo $error->getCode() . "\n";
echo $error->getResponseBody() . "\n";
}
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Related Tutorials & Documentation
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Installing the Python Agent
pip install --upgrade docraptor
Generating the Document
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
import docraptor
doc_api = docraptor.DocApi()
doc_api.api_client.configuration.username = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
document_content = r"""
<div id="watermark"><img src="https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png" /></div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 1</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 2</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 3</div>
<style>
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
opacity: 0.7;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
@prince-overlay {
content: flow(watermarkflow);
}
}
</style>
"""
try:
response = doc_api.create_doc({
'test': False, # test documents are free but watermarked
'document_content': document_content,
# 'document_url': 'http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html', # or use a url
'document_type': 'pdf',
# 'javascript': False, # enables JavaScript processing
})
with open('image-based-watermark.pdf', 'w+b') as f:
binary_formatted_response = bytearray(response)
f.write(binary_formatted_response)
f.close()
except docraptor.rest.ApiException as error:
print(error.status)
print(error.reason)
print(error.body)
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Installing the Ruby Agent
Add or require the docraptor
gem to your project or script.
Generating the Document
The API key shown here, YOUR_API_KEY_HERE
, actually works! Use it for testing without creating an account. The only requirement is test mode must be used (test
parameter set to true
).
require "docraptor"
DocRaptor.configure do |config|
config.username = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
end
$docraptor = DocRaptor::DocApi.new
document_content = <<~'DOCUMENT_CONTENT'
<div id="watermark"><img src="https://docraptor-production-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/raptor.png" /></div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 1</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 2</div>
<div style="page-break-after: always;">Page 3</div>
<style>
#watermark {
flow: static(watermarkflow);
opacity: 0.7;
text-align: center;
}
@page {
@prince-overlay {
content: flow(watermarkflow);
}
}
</style>
DOCUMENT_CONTENT
begin
response = $docraptor.create_doc(
test: false, # test documents are free but watermarked
document_content: document_content,
# document_url: "http://docraptor.com/examples/invoice.html", # or use a url
document_type: "pdf"
# javascript: false, # enables JavaScript processing
)
File.open("image-based-watermark.pdf", "wb") do |file|
file.write(response)
end
rescue DocRaptor::ApiError => error
puts "#{error.class}: #{error.message}"
puts error.code
puts error.response_body
puts error.backtrace[0..3].join("\n")
end
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