Convert HTML to PDF file in Linux

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The Syncfusion HTML to PDF converter is a .NET library that converts HTML or web pages to PDF document in Linux.

Pre-requisites

The following Linux dependencies should be installed where the conversion takes place.

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$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 libnss3 libgbm1

Steps to convert HTML to PDF in .NET Core application on Linux

Step 1: Execute the following command in the Linux terminal to create a new .NET Core Console application.

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dotnet new console

Step 2: Install the Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Linux NuGet package as a reference to your project from NuGet.org by executing the following command.

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dotnet add package Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.Net.Linux -v xx.x.x.xx -s https://www.nuget.org/

NOTE

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, you also have to add “Syncfusion.Licensing” assembly reference and include a license key in your projects. Please refer to this link to know about registering Syncfusion license key in your application to use our components.

Step 3: Include the following namespaces.

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

Step 4: Add code samples in Program.cs file to convert HTML to PDF document using Convert method in HtmlToPdfConverter class.

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//Initialize HTML to PDF converter. 
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter();
BlinkConverterSettings settings = new BlinkConverterSettings();
//Set command line arguments to run without the sandbox. 
settings.CommandLineArguments.Add("--no-sandbox");
settings.CommandLineArguments.Add("--disable-setuid-sandbox");
//Assign Blink settings to the HTML converter.
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = settings;
//Convert URL to PDF document. 
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert("https://www.syncfusion.com");
FileStream fileStream = new FileStream("HTML-to-PDF.pdf", FileMode.CreateNew, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
//Save and close a PDF document. 
document.Save(fileStream);
document.Close(true);

Step 5: Execute the following command to restore the NuGet packages.

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dotnet restore

Step 6: Execute the following command in the terminal to run the application.

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dotnet run

By executing the program, you will get the PDF document as follows. The output will be saved in parallel to the program.cs file.

A complete working sample can be downloaded from Github.

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