Ask HN: How to generate PDFs from the back end?

• z3c.rml

  1 98 6.3 Python

  An alternative implementation of RML

  

  We are using z3c.rml (https://github.com/zopefoundation/z3c.rml) based on ReportLab. Layout is written in HTML-like XML and render performance is pretty good.

• pdfgen

  1 14 8.7 Kotlin

  Simple application for generating PDFs (by navikt)

  

  I recently fond output that a Norwegian government agency open sourced a micro service for generating PDF

  I haven't used it, but it looks promising. You create templates based on html (Handlebars templates), which should make it easy to get started.

  https://github.com/navikt/pdfgen

  It may be worth a look

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• react-pdf

  16 14,080 9.0 JavaScript

  📄 Create PDF files using React

• painless-pdf

  1 29 7.0 TypeScript

  Painless PDF generation for node and the browser

  Generating PDFs is a pain with most libraries, especially if the content is dynamic and should span multiple pages.

  If you can use NodeJS on your backend, you might want to take a look at my PDF Library: https://github.com/DevLeoko/painless-pdf

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