I can generate a PDF using flying-saucer/iText. However, I can't figure out how to get the style sheet included in the PDF rendering.
I have used this flying-saucer/iText PDF in servlet not finding css file as reference.
There are multiple css files involved so I won't be able to use renderer.setDocument(doc, "http://example.com/something/page.html");
as a solution
I have implemented a something similar to what the asker used, but it's returning a Caused by: java.nio.file.InvalidPathException: Illegal char <:> at index 4: http://localhost:8080/proj/resources/css/custom1.css error
Here is my code
StringBuilder bui = new StringBuilder();
bui.append("<html><head><style>");
bui.append(readFile(path+"/resources/css/custom1.css", Charsets.UTF_8));
bui.append(readFile(path+"/resources/css/custom2.css", Charsets.UTF_8));
bui.append(readFile(path+"/resources/css/custom3.css", Charsets.UTF_8));
bui.append("</style></head>");
bui.append("<body><div><table>");
bui.append( xhtml_file );
bui.append("</table></div></body></html>");
InputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bui.toString().getBytes( StandardCharsets.UTF_8 ));
Document doc = tidy.parseDOM(stream, null);
File outputFile = new File(directory+ "FILENAME" +".pdf");
os = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
ITextRenderer renderer = new ITextRenderer();
renderer.setDocument(doc, null);
renderer.layout();
renderer.createPDF(os, false);
renderer.finishPDF();
the path being passed is "http://localhost:8080" if I enter "http://localhost:8080/resources/css/custom1.css" directly into the address bar, it shows the css file. I tried removing the 'path' but it's also not getting the css. What am I doing wrong?
