Merge pull request #282 from Ninjavin/webpage-pdf-nodejs

Download And Save A Webpage As PDF in Nodejs

Author: SANKET7738

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+# Save a Webpage as a PDF
+
+This NodeJs Script uses Puppeteer and saves a webpage as a pdf.
+
+## How to Run?
+
++ Run `npm install` in the project folder.
++ Run `node index.js "<webpage-url>"` to save the webpage as PDF.
+
+## Sample Input & Output
+
+![image](images/webpage-pdf.png)

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+const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');
+const args = process.argv;
+getTime = () => {
+	let today = new Date();
+		let y = today.getFullYear();
+		let m = today.getMonth() + 1;
+		let d = today.getDate();
+		let h = today.getHours();
+		let mi = today.getMinutes();
+		let s = today.getSeconds();
+		return y + "-" + m + "-" + d + "-" + h + "-" + mi + "-" + s;
+}
+// Taking input from the user
+if(args.length === 2){
+	console.log("Correct command format: `node index.js <webpage-url>`")
+}else{
+	(async () => {
+		// Launching the browser
+		const browser = await puppeteer.launch()
+		const page = await browser.newPage()
+		await page.goto(args[2])
+		await page.emulateMediaType('screen')
+		// Converting to PDF
+		await page.pdf({
+			path: `pdf-${getTime()}.pdf`,
+			printBackground: true,
+			format: 'A4'
+		})
+		await browser.close()
+		console.log("Saved the given webpage as PDF!")
+	})();
+}