valks / razorpdf

Simple project for making PDFs from Razor views in ASP.NET MVC

RazorPDF Core

RazorPDF is a simple project that makes it a breeze to create PDFs using the Razor view engine. Since Razor is really a template syntax, it can do lot more than just generate HTML. RazorPDF uses it to generate iText XML. Then using the iTextSharp library, we turn that iText XML into a PDF to return. The end result is a easy to use, clean method for generating PDFs.

Installation

PLEASE NOTE: This installation only applies to the original package

For Visual Studio 2015 use the Package Manager Console to install RazorPDFCore (https://www.nuget.org/packages/RazorPDFCore/)

PM> Install-Package RazorPDFCore

or download it from here and add it as additional project

Usage

Add the PdfResultExecutor service into your Startup.cs

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
    // [...]
    services.AddSingleton<PdfResultExecutor>();
}

Return the below command in your controller action

ViewPdf(object model, string fileName, string viewName, bool download)

Example:

class YourBaseController : RazorPDF.Controller {
    // [...]
    public IActionResult Pdf() {
        var model = /* any model you wish */
        return ViewPdf(model);
    }
}

PLEASE NOTE: This method becomes ONLY available, when you use the inherited Controller class RazorPDF.Controller

Changelog

1.0.7

• extend PdfResult to defined PageSize properties

1.0.6

• updated AspNetCore v2.0

1.0.5

• updated AspNetCore v1.1.3

1.0.3

• make use of the XMLWorker instead to give more html/css flexibility

1.0.2

• replaced *.csproj with *.xproj

1.0.1

• updated source code to work with ASP.NET Core (tested on v1.0.1)

1.0.0

• forked from RazorAnt/RazorPDF