How to convert HTML to PDF using Blink in AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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Steps to convert HTML to PDF using Blink in AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Step 1: Create a new C# ASP.NET Core Web Application project.

Step 2: In configuration windows, name your project and select Next.

Step 3: Install the Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Aws NuGet package as a reference to your AWS Elastic Beanstalk project from NuGet.org.

Install the HTML to PDF AWS nuget package.

Step 4: A default controller named HomeController.cs gets added to create the ASP.NET Core MVC project. Include the following namespaces in that HomeController.cs file.

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

Step 5: Add a new button in index.cshtml as follows.

@{
   Html.BeginForm("BlinkToPDF", "Home", FormMethod.Get);
   {
       <div>
           <input type="submit" value="HTML To PDF" style="width:150px;height:27px" />
           <br />
           <div class="text-danger">
               @ViewBag.Message
           </div>
       </div>
   }
   Html.EndForm();
}

Step 6: Add a new action method named BlinkToPDF in HomeController.cs and include the following code example to convert HTML to PDF document using the Convert method in HtmlToPdfConverter class. The HTML content will be scaled based on the given ViewPortSize property of the BlinkConverterSettings class.

public IActionResult BlinkToPDF()
{
         //Initialize HTML to PDF converter.
         HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.Blink);
         BlinkConverterSettings settings = new BlinkConverterSettings();
         //Set command line arguments to run without the sandbox.
         settings.CommandLineArguments.Add("--no-sandbox");
         settings.CommandLineArguments.Add("--disable-setuid-sandbox");
         //Set Blink viewport size.
         settings.ViewPortSize = new Syncfusion.Drawing.Size(1280, 0);
         //Assign Blink settings to the HTML converter.
         htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = settings;
         //Convert URL to PDF document.
         PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert("https://www.syncfusion.com");
         //Create the memory stream.
         MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
         //Save the document to the memory stream.
         document.Save(stream);
         return File(stream.ToArray(), System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Pdf, "BlinkLinuxDockerAWSBeanstalk.pdf");
}

Step 7: Click the Publish to AWS Elastic Beanstalk (Legacy) option by right-clicking the project to publish the application in the AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment.

Step 8: Select the Create a new application environment and click Next from Publish to AWS Elastic Beanstalk window.

Step 9: Please give any valid name to the environment and URL text box. Check whether the URL link is available while clicking the Check availability option. If the requested link is available means, click NEXT in the Application Environment window.

Please give any valid name to environment.

Step 10: Select t3a.micro from the Instance Type text box and select Next in the AWS Options Window.

Step 11: Select the Roles and Next option from the Permissions window.

Step 12: Click Next from the Application Options window.

Step 13: Click Deploy from the Review window.

Step 14: Click the URL link to launch the application once the Environment is updated successfully and Environment status is healthy.

Now, the webpage will open in the browser. Click the button to convert the webpage to a PDF document.

Open the webpage in browser and Click the button.

By executing the program, you will get a PDF document as follows.

A complete working sample for converting an HTML to PDF using Blink in AWS Elastic Beanstalk can be downloaded from GitHub.

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

Take a moment to peruse the documentation for Converting HTML to PDF, where you will find various options for URL to PDF, HTML string to PDF, and Hyperlinks.

AWS Elastic Beanstalk: AWSElasticBeanstalkSample.zip

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I hope you enjoyed learning about how to convert HTML to PDF using Blink in AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

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