Steps to create PDF document in AWS Elastic Beanstalk

20 Jan 20255 minutes to read

The Syncfusion^® .NET Core PDF library is used to create, read, and edit PDF documents programmatically without the dependency of Adobe Acrobat. Using this library, open and save PDF documents in AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

Steps to create a PDF document 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.Pdf.Net.Core NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org.

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.

C#

using Syncfusion.Pdf;
    using Syncfusion.Pdf.Graphics;
    using Syncfusion.Pdf.Grid;
    using Syncfusion.Pdf.Parsing;
    using Syncfusion.Drawing;

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

C#

@{
    Html.BeginForm("CreatePDF", "Home", FormMethod.Get);
    {
        <div>
            <input type="submit" value="Create 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 CreatePDF in HomeController.cs file and include the below code example to generate a PDF document in HomeController.cs.

C#

public IActionResult CreatePDF()
    {
        //Open an existing PDF document.
        FileStream fileStream = new FileStream("Data/Input.pdf", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
        PdfLoadedDocument document = new PdfLoadedDocument(fileStream);

        //Get the first page from a document.
        PdfLoadedPage page = document.Pages[0] as PdfLoadedPage;

        //Create PDF graphics for the page.
        PdfGraphics graphics = page.Graphics;

        //Create a PdfGrid.
        PdfGrid pdfGrid = new PdfGrid();
        //Add values to the list.
        List<object> data = new List<object>();
        data.Add(new { Product_ID = "1001", Product_Name = "Bicycle", Price = "10,000" });
        data.Add(new { Product_ID = "1002", Product_Name = "Head Light", Price = "3,000" });
        data.Add(new { Product_ID = "1003", Product_Name = "Break wire", Price = "1,500" });

        //Assign data source.
        pdfGrid.DataSource = data;

        //Apply built-in table style.
        pdfGrid.ApplyBuiltinStyle(PdfGridBuiltinStyle.GridTable4Accent3);

        //Draw the grid to the page of PDF document.
        pdfGrid.Draw(graphics, new RectangleF(40, 400, page.Size.Width - 80, 0));
        //Create the memory stream.
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
        //Save the document to the memory stream.
        document.Save(stream);
        //Close the documet
	    document.Close(true); 
	    //Return the PDF file as a download
        return File(stream.ToArray(), System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Pdf, "Output.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: Add the AWS profile in the Publish to AWS Elastic Beanstalk Window. After creating the profile, Choose Create a new application environment or Re-deploy to the existing environment. Then, click Next.

Step 9: Click Next from the Application Options window.

Step 10: Click Deploy from the Review window.

Step 11: Click the URL link to launch the application once the Environment is updated successfully and Environment status is healthy.

Step 12: Now, the webpage will open in the browser. Click the button to convert the webpage to a PDF document.

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

Users can download the AWS Elastic Beanstalk project from GitHub.

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

An online sample link to create a PDF document in ASP.NET Core