pdfkit-table

Generate pdf tables with javascript (PDFKIT plugin)

Helps to draw informations in simple tables using pdfkit. #server-side.

Examples

view pdf example | color pdf | full code example | server example | json example | all

Install

npm install pdfkit-table

Use

  // requires
  const fs = require("fs");
  const PDFDocument = require("pdfkit-table");

  // init document
  let doc = new PDFDocument({ margin: 30, size: 'A4' });
  // save document
  doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("./document.pdf"));
  
  ;(async function createTable(){
    // table
    const table = { 
      title: '',
      headers: [],
      datas: [ /* complex data */ ],
      rows: [ /* or simple data */ ],
    };

    // the magic (async/await)
    await doc.table(table, { /* options */ });
    // -- or --
    // doc.table(table).then(() => { doc.end() }).catch((err) => { })

    // if your run express.js server
    // to show PDF on navigator
    // doc.pipe(res);

    // done!
    doc.end();
  })();

Examples

Server response

server example

  // router - Node + Express.js
  app.get('/create-pdf', async (req, res) => {
    // ...await table code
    // if your run express.js server
    // to show PDF on navigator
    doc.pipe(res);
    // done!
    doc.end();
  });

Example 1 - Simple Array

  ;(async function(){
    // table 
    const table = {
      title: "Title",
      subtitle: "Subtitle",
      headers: [ "Country", "Conversion rate", "Trend" ],
      rows: [
        [ "Switzerland", "12%", "+1.12%" ],
        [ "France", "67%", "-0.98%" ],
        [ "England", "33%", "+4.44%" ],
      ],
    };
    // A4 595.28 x 841.89 (portrait) (about width sizes)
    // width
    await doc.table(table, { 
      width: 300,
    });
    // or columnsSize
    await doc.table(table, { 
      columnsSize: [ 200, 100, 100 ],
    });
    // done!
    doc.end();
  })();

Example 2 - Table

  ;(async function(){
    // table
    const table = {
      title: "Title",
      subtitle: "Subtitle",
      headers: [
        { label: "Name", property: 'name', width: 60, renderer: null },
        { label: "Description", property: 'description', width: 150, renderer: null }, 
        { label: "Price 1", property: 'price1', width: 100, renderer: null }, 
        { label: "Price 2", property: 'price2', width: 100, renderer: null }, 
        { label: "Price 3", property: 'price3', width: 80, renderer: null }, 
        { label: "Price 4", property: 'price4', width: 43, 
          renderer: (value, indexColumn, indexRow, row, rectRow, rectCell) => { return `U$ ${Number(value).toFixed(2)}` } 
        },
      ],
      // complex data
      datas: [
        { 
          name: 'Name 1', 
          description: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aenean mattis ante in laoreet egestas. ', 
          price1: '$1', 
          price3: '$ 3', 
          price2: '$2', 
          price4: '4', 
        },
        { 
          options: { fontSize: 10, separation: true},
          name: 'bold:Name 2', 
          description: 'bold:Lorem ipsum dolor.', 
          price1: 'bold:$1', 
          price3: { 
            label: 'PRICE $3', options: { fontSize: 12 } 
          }, 
          price2: '$2', 
          price4: '4', 
        },
        // {...},
      ],
      // simeple data
      rows: [
        [
          "Apple",
          "Nullam ut facilisis mi. Nunc dignissim ex ac vulputate facilisis.",
          "$ 105,99",
          "$ 105,99",
          "$ 105,99",
          "105.99",
        ],
        // [...],
      ],
    };
    // the magic
    doc.table(table, {
      prepareHeader: () => doc.font("Helvetica-Bold").fontSize(8),
      prepareRow: (row, indexColumn, indexRow, rectRow, rectCell) => {
        doc.font("Helvetica").fontSize(8);
        indexColumn === 0 && doc.addBackground(rectRow, 'blue', 0.15);
      },
    });
    // done!
    doc.end();
  })();

Example 3 - Json

  ;(async function(){
    // renderer function inside json file
    const tableJson = '{ 
      "headers": [
        { "label":"Name", "property":"name", "width":100 },
        { "label":"Age", "property":"age", "width":100 },
        { "label":"Year", "property":"year", "width":100 }
      ],
      "datas": [
        { "name":"bold:Name 1", "age":"Age 1", "year":"Year 1" },
        { "name":"Name 2", "age":"Age 2", "year":"Year 2" },
        { "name":"Name 3", "age":"Age 3", "year":"Year 3",
          "renderer": "function(value, i, irow){ return value + `(${(1+irow)})`; }"
        }
      ],
      "rows": [
        [ "Name 4", "Age 4", "Year 4" ]
      ],
      "options": {
        "width": 300
      }
    }';
    // the magic
    doc.table(tableJson);
    // done!
    doc.end();
  })();

Example 4 - Json file (many tables)

  ;(async function(){
    // json file
    const json = require('./table.json');
    // if json file is array
    Array.isArray(json) ? 
    // any tables - array
    await doc.tables(json) : 
    // one table - string
    await doc.table(json) ;
    // done!
    doc.end();
  })();

Table

• Array.<object> | JSON
  • headers Array.<object> | Array.[]
    • label String
    • property String
    • width Number
    • align String
    • valign String
    • headerColor String
    • headerOpacity Number
    • headerAlign String
    • columnColor or backgroundColor: String
    • columnOpacity or backgroundOpacity: Number
    • renderer Function function( value, indexColumn, indexRow, row, rectRow, rectCell ) { return value }
  • datas Array.<object>
  • rows Array.[]
  • title String | Object
  • subtitle String | Object

Headers

Properties	Type	Default	Description
label	String	undefined	description
property	String	undefined	id
width	Number	undefined	width of column
align	String	left	alignment
valign	String	undefined	vertical alignment. ex: valign: "center"
headerColor	String	grey or #BEBEBE	color of header
headerOpacity	Number	0.5	opacity of header
headerAlign	String	left	only header
columnColor or backgroundColor	String	undefined	color of column
columnOpacity or backgroundOpacity	Number	undefined	opacity of column
renderer	Function	Function	function( value, indexColumn, indexRow, row, rectRow, rectCell ) { return value }

Simple headers example

const table = {
  // simple headers only with ROWS (not DATAS)  
  headers: ['Name', 'Age'],
  // simple content
  rows: [
    ['Jack', '32'], // row 1
    ['Maria', '30'], // row 2
  ]
};

Complex headers example

const table = {
  // complex headers work with ROWS and DATAS  
  headers: [
    { label:"Name", property: 'name', width: 100, renderer: null },
    { label:"Age", property: 'age', width: 100, renderer: (value) => `U$ ${Number(value).toFixed(1)}` },
  ],
  // complex content
  datas: [
    { name: 'bold:Jack', age: 32, },
    // age is object value with style options
    { name: 'Maria', age: { label: 30 , options: { fontSize: 12 }}, },
  ],
  // simple content (works fine!)
  rows: [
    ['Jack', '32'], // row 1
    ['Maria', '30'], // row 2
  ]
};

Options

Properties	Type	Default	Description
title	String Object	undefined	title
subtitle	String Object	undefined	subtitle
width	Number	undefined	width of table
x	Number	undefined	position x (left). To reset x position set "x: null"
y	Number	undefined	position y (top)
divider	Object	undefined	define divider lines
columnsSize	Array	undefined	define sizes
columnSpacing	Number	5
padding	Number Array	1 or [1, 5]
addPage	Boolean	false	add table on new page
hideHeader	Boolean	false	hide header
minRowHeight	Number	0	min row height
prepareHeader	Function	Function	()
prepareRow	Function	Function	(row, indexColumn, indexRow, rectRow, rectCell) => {}

Options example

const options = {
  // properties
  title: "Title", // { label: 'Title', fontSize: 30, color: 'blue', fontFamily: "./fonts/type.ttf" },
  subtitle: "Subtitle", // { label: 'Subtitle', fontSize: 20, color: 'green', fontFamily: "./fonts/type.ttf" },
  width: 500, // {Number} default: undefined // A4 595.28 x 841.89 (portrait) (about width sizes)
  x: 0, // {Number} default: undefined | To reset x position set "x: null"
  y: 0, // {Number} default: undefined | 
  divider: {
    header: { disabled: false, width: 2, opacity: 1 },
    horizontal: { disabled: false, width: 0.5, opacity: 0.5 },
  },
  padding: 5, // {Number} default: 0
  columnSpacing: 5, // {Number} default: 5
  hideHeader: false, 
  minRowHeight: 0,
  // functions
  prepareHeader: () => doc.font("Helvetica-Bold").fontSize(8), // {Function} 
  prepareRow: (row, indexColumn, indexRow, rectRow, rectCell) => doc.font("Helvetica").fontSize(8), // {Function} 
}

Options Row

• separation {Booleon}
• fontSize {Number}
• fontFamily {String}

datas: [
  // options row
  { name: 'Jack', options: { fontSize: 10, fontFamily: 'Courier-Bold', separation: true } },
]

• String
  • bold:
    • 'bold:Jack'
  • size{n}:
    • 'size11:Jack'
    • 'size20:Jack'

datas: [
  // bold
  { name: 'bold:Jack' },
  // size{n}
  { name: 'size20:Maria' },
  { name: 'size8:Will' },
  // normal
  { name: 'San' },
]

Options Cell

• fontSize {Number}
• fontFamily {String}

datas: [
  // options cell | value is object | label is string
  { name: { label: 'Jack', options: { fontSize: 10, fontFamily: 'Courier-Bold' } },
]

Fonts Family

• Courier
  • Courier-Bold
  • Courier-Oblique
  • Courier-BoldOblique
• Helvetica
  • Helvetica-Bold
  • Helvetica-Oblique
  • Helvetica-BoldOblique
• Symbol
• Times-Roman
  • Times-Bold
  • Times-Italic
  • Times-BoldItalic
• ZapfDingbats

ToDo

• Suggestions / Issues / Fixes
• striped {Boolean} (corsimcornao)
• colspan - the colspan attribute defines the number of columns a table cell should span.
• sample with database
• margin: marginBottom before, marginTop after

Changelogs

0.1.90

• Add options minRowHeight
  • Thanks LouiseEH @LouiseEH

  options: {
    minRowHeight: 30, // pixel
  }

0.1.89

• Fix first line height
  • Thanks José Luis Francisco @JoseLuis21

0.1.88

• Fix header font family or title object
  • Thanks @RastaGrzywa

let localType = "./font/Montserrat-Regular.ttf";
const table = {
  title: { label: 'Title Object 2', fontSize: 30, color: 'blue', fontFamily: localType },
}

0.1.87

• Add options hideHeader
  • Thanks Ville @VilleKoo

  options: {
    hideHeader: true,
  }

0.1.86

• TypeScript (ts) interface (index.ts)
  • Thanks Côte Arthur @CoteArthur

0.1.83

• Avoid a table title appearing alone
  • Thanks Alexis Arriola @AlexisArriola
• Problem with long text in cell spreading on several pages
  • Thanks Ed @MeMineToMe

0.1.72

• Add Divider Lines on options

  options: {
    // divider lines
    divider: {
      header: {disabled: false, width: 0.5, opacity: 0.5},
      horizontal: {disabled: true, width: 0.5, opacity: 0.5},
    },
  }

• Thanks Luc Swart @lucswart

0.1.70

• Fix y position.
  • Thanks Nabil Tahmidul Karim @nabiltkarim

0.1.68

• Added Promise. table is a Promise();
  • Async/Await function

;(async function(){
  // create document
  const doc = new PDFDocument({ margin: 30, });
  // to save on server
  doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream("./my-table.pdf"));
  // tables
  await doc.table(table, options);
  await doc.table(table, options);
  await doc.table(table, options);
  // done
  doc.end();
})();

• Added callback.

  ~~doc.table(table, options, callback)~~;

0.1.63

• Added valign on headers options. (ex: valign:"center")
• Added headerAlign, alignment only to header.

  headers: [
    {label:"Name", property:"name", valign: "center", headerAlign:"right", headerColor:"#FF0000", headerOpacity:0.5 }
  ]
  

  • Thanks @DPCLive

0.1.60

• Add callback on addBackground function, add .save() and .restore() style.
• Header font color
  • Thanks @dev-fema

0.1.59

• Add padding

0.1.57

• Header color and opacity

  headers: [
    {label:"Name", property:"name", headerColor:"#FF0000", headerOpacity:0.5 }
  ]
  

  • Thanks Albert Taveras @itsalb3rt

0.1.55

• Align on headers

  headers: [
    {label:"Name", property:"name", align:"center"}
  ]
  

  • Thanks Andrea Fucci

0.1.49

• Max size page

0.1.48

• Header height size
• Separate line width

0.1.47

• addHeader() function on all add pages
  • Thanks Anders Wasen @QAnders

0.1.46

• addBackground() function to node 8
  • Thanks @mehmetunubol

0.1.45

• Add rectCell on renderer
  • renderer = ( value, indexColumn, indexRow, row, rectRow, rectCell ) => {}
  • Thanks Eduardo Miranda

0.1.44

• Fix paddings and distances

0.1.43

• Remove rowSpacing
• Fix columnSpacing

0.1.41

• Background color on header to colorize column
  • headers: [ { label:"Name", property: 'name', backgroundColor: 'red', backgroundOpacity: 0.5 }, { label:"Age", property: 'age', background: { color: 'green', opacity: 0.5 } }, ]
• Background color inside row options datas
  • datas: [ { name:"My Name", age: 20, options: { backgroundColor: 'red', backgroundOpacity: 0.5 } }, { name:"My Name", age: 20, options: { background: { color: 'green', opacity: 0.5 } } }, ]
• Background color inside cell options datas
  • datas: [ { name:{ label: "My Name", age: 20, options: { backgroundColor: 'red', backgroundOpacity: 0.5 } }}, { name:{ label: "My Name", age: 20, options: { background: { color: 'green', opacity: 0.5 } } }}, ]

0.1.39

• addBackground {Function} - Add background peer line.
  • doc.addBackground( {x, y, width, height}, fillColor, opacity, callback );
• prepareRow {Function}
  • const options = { prepareRow: (row, indexColumn, indexRow, rectRow, rectCell) => { indexColumn === 0 && doc.addBackground(rectRow, 'red', 0.5) } }

0.1.38

• tables {Function} - Add many tables.
  • doc.tables([ table0, table1, table2, ... ]);

0.1.37

• addPage {Boolean} - Add table on new page.
  • const options = { addPage: true, };

0.1.36

• Fix position x, y of title
• options.x: null | -1 // reset position to margins.left

0.1.35

• add title {String}
  • const table = { title: "", };
  • const options = { title: "", };
• add subtitle {String}
  • const table = { subtitle: "", };
  • const options = { subtitle: "", };

0.1.34

• add columnsSize on options = {} // only to simple table

0.1.33

• Function tableToJson
  • import {tableToJson} from 'pdfkit-table';
  • const table = tableToJson('#id_table'); {Object}
• Function allTablesToJson
  • import {allTablesToJson} from 'pdfkit-table';
  • const tables = allTablesToJson(); {Array}

0.1.32

• spacing cell and header alignment
• Thank you, contributors!

0.1.31

• renderer function on json file. { "renderer": "function(value, icol, irow, row){ return (value+1) + (${(irow+2)}); }" }
• fix width table and separation lines size

License

The MIT License.

Author

Natan Cabral natancabral@hotmail.com https://github.com/natancabral/

Thank you

• pdfkit - pdfkit
• ideas - giuseppe-santoro