PDF Generator

This library uses itext-java which is a high-performance, battle-tested library that allows you to create, adapt, inspect and maintain PDF documents, allowing you to add PDF functionality to your software projects with ease.

Create customised PDF documents

• With this PDF generator, using acrofields in any template, you can generate PDF documents in bulk with custom input in each.

How to Use

This is a springboot application. Once running as an application, http call needs to be made for the same.

• Download the zip or clone the Git repository.
• Unzip the zip file (if you downloaded one)
• Open Command Prompt and Change directory (cd) to folder containing pom.xml
• Open Eclipse
  • File -> Import -> Existing Maven Project -> Navigate to the folder where you unzipped the zip
  • Select the right project
• Choose the Spring Boot Application file (search for @SpringBootApplication)
• Right Click on the file and Run as Java Application

HTTP Call

curl --location 'http://localhost:8080/generatePdf' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{}'

{
    "request_type": "PDF_LOCAL",
    "request_body": {
        "SourcePath": "<base path>/src/main/templates/source/test.pdf",
        "DestinationPath": "<base path>/src/main/templates/destination/test.pdf",
        "<acrofield_checkbox_1>": {
            "AcroFieldType": "check",
            "AcroFieldValue": "Yes",
            "AcroFieldImagePath": ""
        },
        "<acrofield_textbox_1>": {
            "AcroFieldType": "text",
            "AcroFieldValue": "ABCDE12345",
            "AcroFieldImagePath": ""
        },
        "<acrofield_image_1>": {
            "AcroFieldType": "image",
            "AcroFieldValue": "",
            "AcroFieldImagePath": "<base path>/src/main/templates/source/<image_file_name>.jpeg"
        }
    }
}

Over here, request_type can be PDF_LOCAL or PDF_REMOTE depending on path of source and destination files. Accordingly, values of SourcePath and DestinationPath would change.

The key features of iText Core/Community are:

• Core library:
  • PDF creation with the use of our layout engine
  • PDF manipulation, e.g. merging multiple PDFs into one, adding new content, ...
  • PDF digital signing
  • PDF form creation and manipulation
  • Working with PDF/A documents
  • Working with PDF/UA documents
  • FIPS-compliant cryptography
  • Barcode generation
  • SVG support

This is Open-Sourced under AGPL License.