dotpdf

Create PDF documents using templates written in JSON

Currently there isn't much documentation for dotpdf, but because it uses pdfsharp for document creation its documentation is a good source of information.

Features

• Standard static templates
• Data injection during runtime

Installation

Install it using NuGet!

Just add https://www.myget.org/F/dotpdf/api/v2 as a package source in your NuGet package manager.

Usage

First you need a template, here's a basic one as an example:

{
  "PageSetup": {
    "LeftMargin": "1cm",
    "RightMargin": "1cm",
    "TopMargin": "1cm"
  },
  "#Children": [
    {
      "#Type": "Paragraph",
      "#CompiledText": "\"Hello, \" + Obj.Name"
    }
  ]
}

After that you need to create your DocumentBuilder and provide the required arguments to the GetDocumentRenderer method.

var template = File.ReadAllText($"./basic_template.json");
var data = JObject.FromObject(new {Name = "John Smith", Time = DateTime.Now});
var builder = new DocumentBuilder();
builder.GetDocumentRenderer(data, templateJson).Save("./document.pdf");