Create PDF

The code snippet example will allow you to create a PDF file from HTML code that you pass to the PDF service. You will then be returned either a download link, or optionally the PDF file contents in the API response.

Code Snippet Example:

//Import the pdf service classes
$t->runInteraction("Pdf.class.php");
$t->runInteraction("Config.class.php");

//Set header, footer, and page content HTML Code
//HTML5 and CSS3 is supported
$header_html = "{_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_}<br><hr>";
$footer_html = "<hr><br>{_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_}";
$body = "<table><td>PDF Example: " . date("c") . "</td></tr></table>";

$content = array(
   "page" => array(
       "orientation" => "Portrait",
       "size" => "A4",
       "margins" => array(
           "top" => "5mm",
           "right" => "1cm",
           "bottom" => "5mm",
           "left" => "1cm"
       )
   ),
   "header" => array(
       "height" => "1in",
       "html" => $header_html
   ),
   "footer" => array(
       "height" => "1in",
       "html" => $footer_html
   ),
   "body" => array(
       "html" => $body
   )
);


//Call the PDF Service
$pdf = new PDFBuilder(Config::$PDF);
//build pdf, if base64 is required
$result = $pdf->build($content);






/**
* $result = array(
*  "id" => "<UNIQUE OBJECT ID>",
*  "url" => "http://url.to.pdf/valid.for.3.minutes",
*  "content" => "base64 pdf content"
* );
**/

Explanation:

The first two "runInteraction" lines will simply "include" the class files you already uploaded. Make sure your have used the correct interaction names. You will need to put both of these lines on any page, or interaction, that you will be calling the class.

In the code example above, the following functions are used.

The function calls the PDF Service with your access credentials set up in the Config.class.php file and sends your PDF content to be created.

$pdf = new PDFBuilder(Config::$PDF);

Optional: You can include BMP mADL code to send you the results of the generated PDF via email. 

$t->email($to, $subject, $body, $from);

See more information on $t->email

$header_html (array)

The header array can contain any HTML code or CSS styling you want in the header section of your PDF document.

 In the example above, we're including the two built in variables {_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_} which will display the page number and total page numbers.

$footer_html (array)

The footer array can contain any HTML code or CSS styling you want in the footer section of your PDF document.

 In the example above, we're including the two built in variables {_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_} which will display the page number and total page numbers.

$body (array)

The body array can contain any HTML code or CSS styling you want in the body of your PDF document.

$content (array)

The content array contains tall the parameters required to produce a PDF document.

• Page parameters 

 "page": {
    "orientation": "P",
    "size": "A4",
    "margins": {
      "top": "5mm",
      "right": "1cm",
      "bottom": "5mm",
      "left": "1cm"
    }

Blink Constants - (string) for page number and number of pages (only works in header and footer

Response:

After running this method, you will receive a response object array that contains the PDF.

$result = array(
"id" => "<UNIQUE OBJECT ID>",
"url" => "http://url.to.pdf/valid.for.3.minutes",
content" => "base64 pdf content"
}