How to convert MVC View to PDF using C#?

The Syncfusion® HTML to PDF converter is a .NET library for converting webpages, SVG, MHTML, and HTML to PDF using C#. It is reliable and accurate. The result preserves all graphics, images, texts, fonts, and the layout of the original HTML document or webpage.

Using this library, you can convert the MVC view to PDF in C#.

Steps to convert the MVC view to PDF programmatically:

1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC application project.  

2. Install the Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.AspNet.MVC5 NuGet package as a reference to your MVC application from NuGet.org.

3. Add new button in Index.cshtml for converting HTML to PDF.

   @{ Html.BeginForm("ConvertToPDF", "Home", FormMethod.Post);
   {
   <h2><input type="submit" value="Convert To PDF"></h2>
   }
   }
   

4. Include the following namespaces in HomeController.cs file.

C#

using Syncfusion.HtmlConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

5. Include the following code snippet in the HomeController.cs to convert the MVC view to PDF document.

C#

//Getting Index view page as HTML
ViewEngineResult viewResult = ViewEngines.Engines.FindView(ControllerContext, "Index", "");
string html = GetHtmlFromView(ControllerContext, viewResult, "Index", "");
string baseUrl = string.Empty;
 
//Convert the HTML string to PDF document 
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();
 
//Convert HTML string to PDF
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert(html, baseUrl);
 
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
 
//Save and close the PDF document 
document.Save(stream);
document.Close(true);
 
return File(stream.ToArray(), "application/pdf", "ViewAsPdf.pdf");

You can download the working sample from MVC_ViewToPDF.Zip.

By executing the above sample, you will get the PDF document as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find converting HTML pages to PDF document along with respective customization options and features.

Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion Essential® PDF features.

An online sample link for Converting HTML to PDF.

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning how to convert MVC View to PDF in .NET MVC using C#.

You can refer to our ASP.NET MVC PDF feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations and documentation, and how to quickly get started for configuration specifications. You can also explore our ASP.NET MVC PDF Example to understand how to create and manipulate data.

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