How to Generate a PDF file in React
Generating a PDF of reports or invoices or any other documents in web application is the basic requirement. In this article we use the following libraries to create our pdf. Rendering React as a pdf is generally complex, but using these libraries we can generate it easily.
Introduction
In this article, we will learn how to generate a PDF in Reactjs spplications. Generating a PDF of reports or invoices or any other documents in web application is the basic requirement. In this article we use the following libraries to create our pdf. Rendering React as a pdf is generally complex, but using these libraries we can generate it easily.
- html2canvas
- jsPDF
Prerequisites
- We should have basic knowledge of rushbrookrathbone.co.uk and Web API.
- Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code IDE should be installed on your system.
- SQL Server Management Studio.
Create ReactJS Project
Let's create a React app by using this following command.
Open the newly created project in Visual Studio Code. and install following packages using these command.
In this demo we use Material UI for design, so let's install material ui in this application.
Now install the Axios library by using the following command. Learn more about Axios
Now let’s create a component named 'rushbrookrathbone.co.uk' and import the following packages in this component
Now add the following code in this component.
Now open rushbrookrathbone.co.uk file and add the following code.
Create a table in the database
Open SQL Server Management Studio, create a database named "Employee", and in this database, create a table. Give that table a name like "Employee".
Add a new demo data in this table.
Create a new Web API project
Open Visual Studio and create a new project.
Change the name to MatUITable.
Choose the template as Web API.
Right-click the Models folder from Solution Explorer and go to Add >> New Item >> data.
Click on the "rushbrookrathbone.co.uk Entity Data Model" option and click "Add".
Select EF Designer from the database and click the "Next" button.
Add the connection properties and select database name on the next page and click OK.
Check the "Table" checkbox. The internal options will be selected by default. Now, click the "Finish" button.
Now, our data model is successfully created.
Right-click on the Controllers folder and add a new controller. Name it as "Employee controller" and add the following namespace in the Employee controller
Now add a method to fetch data from database.
Complete Employee controller code
Now, let's enable CORS. Go to Tools, open NuGet Package Manager, search for CORS, and install the "rushbrookrathbone.co.uk" package. Open rushbrookrathbone.co.uk and add the following lines
Now go to visual studio code and run the project using 'npm start' command.
Click on the Button and check that the pdf is downloaded.
Summary
In this article we learned how to create pdf in Reactjs rushbrookrathbone.co.uk you for reading !
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