I am currently trying to create a PDF file on the server side with Node.js from HTML with still the CSS working. Then I wanted to attach that to an email that I haven't found how, but I got a bigger problem.
I am new to Node.js and I can't get in a function. There is my code on server side.
const fs = require('fs');
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer')
const ConnectionPort = 8080;
const path = require('path');
const app = require('express')();
const http = require('http').createServer(app);
const io = require('socket.io')(http);
io.on('connection', (socket) => {
console.log('a user connected');
socket.on('disconnect', () => {
console.log('user disconnected');
});
socket.on('Creation of PDF Document', (PageHTML, NumberOfTheFile, HeadHTML) => {
console.log('A creation was requested'); // I see that on the console
(async function(){
try{
console.log('Got in the try') // I can't see that on the console
const browser = await puppeteer.launch();
const page = await browser.newPage();
await page.setContent('<head>' + HeadHTML + '</head><body>' + PageHTML + '</body>');
await page.emulateMedia('screen');
await page.pdf({
path: path.join(__dirname, 'Files', NumberOfTheFile + '.pdf'),
format: "Legal",
printBackground: true
});
console.log('Creation done!');
await browser.close();
process.exit();
} catch (e)
{
console.log('Error: ', e)
}
})
});
/////////////// Other stuff I was going for that works ////////////////////
socket.on('Asking ID', () => {
console.log('a user is trying to ask for an ID');
var array = fs.readFileSync('ID_Liste.txt').toString().split("\n");
var i = 0;
for(i in array)
{
console.log(array[i]);
}
var ID_BonCommande = parseInt(array[i]) + 1;
fs.appendFile('ID_Liste.txt', " \n \n \n" + "Operation Time : " + "\n" + Date() + " \n\n" + "ID_BonCommande : " + "\n" + ID_BonCommande + '', function (err) {
if (err) throw err;
console.log('ID added : ' + ID_BonCommande);
});
io.emit('Reception ID', ID_BonCommande);
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
});
http.listen(ConnectionPort , () => {
console.log('listening on *: ' +ConnectionPort );
});
There is how I call my function on client side:
socket.emit('Creation of PDF Document',
document.getElementById('Page').innerHTML,
document.getElementById(NumberOfThePage).innerHTML,
document.getElementsByTagName('head').innerHTML // I need the head for the CSS
);
function AddID()
{
socket.emit('Asking ID');
}
var receive = function(ID_Receved){
document.getElementById('PlaceToPutID').innerHTML = ID_Receved.toString();
}
socket.on('Reception ID', receive)
The Youtube video that helped me