In this session, I will discuss the use of puppeteer for implementing a simple feature of export to pdf. We will also discuss some of the problems that one can face, and how they can be resolved.

1. Presented By: Muskan Gupta
Export PDF with
Puppeteer

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3. Our Agenda
1. Node.js
2. Node modules
3. NPM(Node Package Manager)
4. HandleBars
5. Introduction to Puppeteer
6. Demo
7. Problems with Puppeteer and their Solution

4. Node.js
● Node.js is an open source server environment.
● Node.js runs on various platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, Mac OS, etc.).
● Node.js uses JavaScript on the server.
● Node.js is asynchronous.
● Node.js is single-threaded and highly scalable.

5. Node Module
● Node module is a functionality organized in single or multiple JavaScript files which
can be reused throughout the Node.js application.
● Each module in Node.js has its own context.

6. NPM(Node Package Manager)
● NPM is a repository where we have a large
number of node modules available.
● It is also a command line utility, to install these
node modules.
● For installing : npm install module_name

7. HandleBars
● HandleBars is a node module which is used to create html templates.
● It uses a template and a data object to generate HTML page.
● To install : npm install handlebars
● For example :
Input
Template HTML

8. Introduction to Puppeteer
According to the documentation :
Puppeteer is a Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or
Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. Puppeteer runs headless by default, but
can be configured to run full (non-headless) Chrome or Chromium.

9. Usage of Puppeteer
● Generate screenshots and PDFs of pages.
● Crawl a SPA (Single-Page Application) and generate pre-rendered content (i.e.
"SSR" (Server-Side Rendering)).
● Automate form submission, UI testing, keyboard input, etc.
● Create an up-to-date, automated testing environment. Run your tests directly in the
latest version of Chrome using the latest JavaScript and browser features.
● Test Chrome Extensions.

10. Generate PDF with Puppeteer

11. Demo

12. Problems with Puppeteer
and their Solution
● Loading of an image
Rather than directly passing the data, create an html page and goto that
page to create PDF.
● Problem with chromium available in puppeteer on EC2 instances
Install chromium on EC2 instance explicitly. Set chromium path to the
chromium installed. And now instead of puppeteer use puppeteer-core.

13. References
● puppeteer
● What is npm?.
● Node.js Modules.
● Node.js Introduction
● Introduction to HandleBars

14. Thank You !