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Generate PDF Invoice From HTML Template | C# | HTML To PDF API
Program.cs:
C#
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.IO; using System.Net; using Newtonsoft.Json; using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq; namespace ByteScoutWebApiExample { class Program { // The authentication key (API Key). // Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co/documentation/api const String API_KEY = "***********************************"; static void Main(string[] args) { // HTML template string template = File.ReadAllText(@".\invoice_template.html"); // Data to fill the template string templateData = File.ReadAllText(@".\invoice_data.json"); // Destination PDF file name string destinationFile = @".\result.pdf"; // Create standard .NET web client instance WebClient webClient = new WebClient(); // Set API Key webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY); webClient.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json"); try { // URL for `HTML to PDF` API call string url = Uri.EscapeUriString(string.Format( "https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/from/html?name={0}", Path.GetFileName(destinationFile))); // Prepare requests params as JSON Dictionary<string, object> parameters = new Dictionary<string, object>(); parameters.Add("name", Path.GetFileName(destinationFile)); parameters.Add("html", template); parameters.Add("templateData", templateData); // Convert dictionary of params to JSON string jsonPayload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(parameters); // Execute request string response = webClient.UploadString(url, jsonPayload); // Parse JSON response JObject json = JObject.Parse(response); if (json["error"].ToObject<bool>() == false) { // Get URL of generated PDF file string resultFileUrl = json["url"].ToString(); webClient.Headers.Remove("Content-Type"); // remove the header required for only the previous request // Download the PDF file webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, destinationFile); Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF document saved as \"{0}\" file.", destinationFile); } else { Console.WriteLine(json["message"].ToString()); } } catch (WebException e) { Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); } webClient.Dispose(); Console.WriteLine(); Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit..."); Console.ReadKey(); } } }