Questions tagged [pdf-lib.js]
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PDF-LIB ignoring "Arbitrary Mask" Adobe PDF Field
We are using this library https://pdf-lib.js.org/ to generate PDFs from our application.
For one field on the PDF, I have set a special format for "Arbitrary Mask" that works when I copy the file and manually file it. However, it is ignored by the…
Katie Ann 2022
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Use PDF.JS to Fill out a PDF Form
I have what seems like it should be a simple problem - I would like to be able to fill out PDF forms programmatically in javascript.
My first attempt was with pdf-lib which has a nice API for filling out forms - however, the form I am trying to fill…
Tim
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Fill pdf form using react
I have this form standard form of lease and i need to fill this with dynamic values using javascript. I tried using pdf-lib to get all the fields but it gives me empty array with some warning Trying to parse invalid object: in console.
const…
SathiyaNarayanan
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Draw image in a PDF with a certain DPI
I am trying to draw an image in a pdf with PDF-Lib.
My purpose is to draw it in full size in a page of 6cm x 11.3cm.
I made the math conversion, if i want 300 DPI, it correspond to 780px x 1406px.
I made an image with these exact dimensions, and try…
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Why i cannot add png image to pdf using pdf-lib?
I tried to add png image in nest.js using pdf-lib
import { PDFDocument } from 'pdf-lib';
import * as fs from 'fs';
const existingPdf = await fs.readFileSync(
'./agreements/1431993ded73f6a0be5653a3e3fc680f.pdf',
);
const pdfDoc = await…
Aleks Daddario
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How do I rename the field names using pdflib?
The names for the pdf fields currently are hard to know where each field is on the form and what's what so I wanted to either change the name of some of the fields that don't make sense or make the field names show up on the form so I know where to…
Harshitha
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PDF-Lib Modify PDF Downloadable
Currently implementing the PDF-Lib Library for my project to modify PDFs
Source: https://pdf-lib.js.org/#examples
And it is working very well, but the modified PDFs are saved on the server.
I am searching for the opportunity that the pdfs which…
JrWebDev
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Restrict number of pages on a PDF shown in browser Node server
I am developing a platform with model preview before paying to
download for pdf's my problem is how to restrict the number of pages of pdf showing to the user.
eg.
I use pdfjs to render the pdf on canvas but when I see the network
request the full…
Natnael
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Editing PDF in nodejs - problem with xref
I got a pdf, where I have to put some datas inside (like addresses and images).
At the end, I need to sign it with a certificate (so, if I opened it with a reader, I got the sidebar with the info about that sign and about that PDF hasn't been…
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Convert an absolute location (top and left) in HTML to a location in PDF
Context: I render a pdf into a canvas at its original size using PDF.js, I also made the container of the canvas the same size as the canvas, and without border. At some location [top, left], I position a text element with absolute positioning…
Fego
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Rotate a page with pdf-lib and javascript
I am making a website that can modify pdf files , and I was trying to be able to rotate a page or multiple pages but couldn't find how to do that in their docs .
const pdfDoc = await loadSingleFile(inputFiles[0]) // An input pdf file
const…
Chakib Salah
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How can I use UTF-8 on PDF-Lib JavaScript
i'm trying to make a js project that fills pdf forms. Well it works only with english characters. How can I make it to use UTF-8?
This is my code:
const formUrl = 'form.pdf';
const formPdfBytes = await fetch(formUrl).then((res) =>…
Nick S
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Detect blank page in PDF in NodeJS using pdf-lib
I spent the day trying to find a way on my NodeJS server to detect whenever the last page of a generated pdf is blank (to remove it). I just can't seem to find a way to do so. I tried to use pdf-lib and many others along the way, with no success.…
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How to change Font style and font family in PDF-Lib NodeJS for only one text Field
I am trying to change the font style and font family for the signature field in my PDF using PDF-Lib library in nodejs.Here is my code , but I am unable to change the font.
const {PDFDocument, degrees, rgb, StandardFonts} =…
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Did the transpiler get it wrong?
I'm using the pdf-lib package in a TypeScript project and wrote some wrapper code to use it in test automation. It worked fine. We decided to push this wrapper code to a shared project so others could use it too, but then the test breaks. After…
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