Url to PDF. Easy and trouble free
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I saw an interesting post about a wonderful service with a talking address: pdfmyurl.com
And the idea was born to write about an alternative, more interesting way (especially interesting for programmers, enthusiasts, and just console-loving people). More precisely, about the project, allowing to do the same, without using third-party service.
Briefly and essentially.
The project is open source.
Lives on code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf
Written using QT + Webkit. This, as for me, is a HUGE plus: cross-platform, extensibility, etc.
Essence: WebKit renders the page at the specified URL, and already the main part of the program creates a PDF and saves it.
The most excellent thing. Not without cons, of course. But for raking up a relatively clean material - the most it. :)
At the moment - can be used from under the console. However, nothing prevents to write an interface for it, doesn’t it? QT all the same!
To use, after the standard qmake-qt4 && make && checkinstall (make install) - without departing from thecash register of the console, we write:
As a result, we get the main page of Habr, clean from banners, A4-size pages, landscape-oriented.
To view the available options should say:
So that. Your KO
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Yes, pdfmyurl.com generates PDF almost AS IS (excluding flash). But who would want to have a hefty banner in PDF with interesting content? :)
As a bonus, wkhtmltopdf can also be generated from local HTML files.
Summarizing: the advantages of this project are more than cover the minuses. Give OpenSource to the masses!
UPD: I apologize to the readers, a similar topic was already on Habré, much more useful than mine. Thank you josser
I saw an interesting post about a wonderful service with a talking address: pdfmyurl.com
And the idea was born to write about an alternative, more interesting way (especially interesting for programmers, enthusiasts, and just console-loving people). More precisely, about the project, allowing to do the same, without using third-party service.
Briefly and essentially.
The project is open source.
Lives on code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf
Written using QT + Webkit. This, as for me, is a HUGE plus: cross-platform, extensibility, etc.
Essence: WebKit renders the page at the specified URL, and already the main part of the program creates a PDF and saves it.
The most excellent thing. Not without cons, of course. But for raking up a relatively clean material - the most it. :)
At the moment - can be used from under the console. However, nothing prevents to write an interface for it, doesn’t it? QT all the same!
To use, after the standard qmake-qt4 && make && checkinstall (make install) - without departing from the
wkhtmltopdf habrahabr.ru habrahabr.pdf -O Landscape -s A4
As a result, we get the main page of Habr, clean from banners, A4-size pages, landscape-oriented.
To view the available options should say:
wkhtmltopdf --help
')
Yes, pdfmyurl.com generates PDF almost AS IS (excluding flash). But who would want to have a hefty banner in PDF with interesting content? :)
As a bonus, wkhtmltopdf can also be generated from local HTML files.
Summarizing: the advantages of this project are more than cover the minuses. Give OpenSource to the masses!
UPD: I apologize to the readers, a similar topic was already on Habré, much more useful than mine. Thank you josser
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/81375/
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