How to properly use jsPDF library

I want to convert some of my divs into PDF and I've tried jsPDF library but with no success. It seems I can't understand what I need to import to make the library work. I've been through the examples and I still can't figure it out. I've tried the following:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jspdf.min.js"></script>

After jQuery and:

$("#html2pdf").on('click', function(){ var doc = new jsPDF(); doc.fromHTML($('body').get(0), 15, 15, { 'width': 170 }); console.log(doc);
});

for testing purposes but I receive:

"Cannot read property '#smdadminbar' of undefined"

where #smdadminbar is the first div from the body.

7 Answers

you can use pdf from html as follows,

Step 1: Add the following script to the header

<script src=""></script>

or download locally

Step 2: Add HTML script to execute jsPDF code

Customize this to pass the identifier or just change #content to be the identifier you need.

 <script> function demoFromHTML() { var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter'); // source can be HTML-formatted string, or a reference // to an actual DOM element from which the text will be scraped. source = $('#content')[0]; // we support special element handlers. Register them with jQuery-style // ID selector for either ID or node name. ("#iAmID", "div", "span" etc.) // There is no support for any other type of selectors // (class, of compound) at this time. specialElementHandlers = { // element with id of "bypass" - jQuery style selector '#bypassme': function (element, renderer) { // true = "handled elsewhere, bypass text extraction" return true } }; margins = { top: 80, bottom: 60, left: 40, width: 522 }; // all coords and widths are in jsPDF instance's declared units // 'inches' in this case pdf.fromHTML( source, // HTML string or DOM elem ref. margins.left, // x coord margins.top, { // y coord 'width': margins.width, // max width of content on PDF 'elementHandlers': specialElementHandlers }, function (dispose) { // dispose: object with X, Y of the last line add to the PDF // this allow the insertion of new lines after html pdf.save('Test.pdf'); }, margins ); }
</script>

Step 3: Add your body content

<a href="javascript:demoFromHTML()">Run Code</a>
<div> <h1> We support special element handlers. Register them with jQuery-style. </h1>
</div>

Refer to the original tutorial

See a working fiddle

You only need this link jspdf.min.js

It has everything in it.

<script src=""></script>

According to the latest version (1.5.3) there is no fromHTML() method anymore. Instead you should utilize jsPDF HTML plugin, see:

You also need to add html2canvas library in order for it to work properly:

JS (from API docs):

var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.html(document.body, { callback: function (doc) { doc.save(); }
});

You can provide HTML string instead of reference to the DOM element as well.

This is finally what did it for me (and triggers a disposition):

function onClick() { var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter'); pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11; pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5; pdf.fromHTML(document.body); pdf.save('test.pdf');
};
var element = document.getElementById("clickbind");
element.addEventListener("click", onClick);

<h1>Dsdas</h1>
<a href="#">Click</a>
<script src=""></script>

And for those of the KnockoutJS inclination, a little binding:

ko.bindingHandlers.generatePDF = { init: function(element) { function onClick() { var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter'); pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11; pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5; pdf.fromHTML(document.body); pdf.save('test.pdf'); }; element.addEventListener("click", onClick); }
};

how about in vuejs how is it applicable?

function onClick() { var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'letter'); pdf.canvas.height = 72 * 11; pdf.canvas.width = 72 * 8.5; pdf.fromHTML(document.body); pdf.save('test.pdf');
};
var element = document.getElementById("clickbind");
element.addEventListener("click", onClick);

<h1>Dsdas</h1>
<a href="#">Click</a>
<script src=""></script>

Shouldn't you also be using the jspdf.plugin.from_html.js library? Besides the main library (jspdf.js), you must use other libraries for "special operations" (like jspdf.plugin.addimage.js for using images). Check .

first, you have to create a handler.

var specialElementHandlers = { '#editor': function(element, renderer){ return true; }
};

then write this code in click event:

doc.fromHTML($('body').get(0), 15, 15, { 'width': 170, 'elementHandlers': specialElementHandlers });
var pdfOutput = doc.output(); console.log(">>>"+pdfOutput );

assuming you've already declared doc variable. And Then you have save this pdf file using File-Plugin.