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Created April 19, 2018 14:28
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Generate a PDF using pdfmake on the server with Node.js (no browser)
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generate_pdf.js
'use script'
var pdfmake = require('pdfmake');
var fs = require('fs');
const doc = new pdfmake({
Roboto: { normal: new Buffer(require('pdfmake/build/vfs_fonts.js').pdfMake.vfs['Roboto-Regular.ttf'], 'base64') }
}).createPdfKitDocument({ content: 'test' })
doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('myFile.pdf'))
doc.end()
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mozfet commented Apr 19, 2018

Unfortunately when I open the generated pdf on OSX using Adobe Acrobat I get an error.
screen shot 2018-04-19 at 17 21 59

When opening using PDF Preview of Chrome, no errors, but the doc is simply empty, as it is in Acrobat.

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