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Wanting to convert HTML to PDF files on Android? A few lines of code and your underway with our free web service, in use by commercial applications and platforms. You do not need to install or download any special libraries or components to make this work.
Especially great for reporting, brochures and invoicing - create one HTML webpage and use it as both as a source to generate your downloadable PDF or for users to view directly.
In addition to the snippets below, we have a full downloadable example here.
| public void ConvertWebPageToPDF() | |
| { | |
| // note: be sure to copy the helper function ConvertHTMLStringToPDF() from this webpage | |
| // a url starting with http or an HTML string | |
| String value = "http://www.google.com" | |
| String apiKey = "ABCD-1234"; | |
| String apiURL = "https://api.html2pdfrocket.com/pdf"; | |
| HashMap<string, string> params = new HashMap<string, string>(); | |
| params.put("apiKey", apiKey); | |
| params.put("value", value); | |
| // Call the API convert to a PDF | |
| InputStreamReader request = new InputStreamReader(Request.Method.Post, apiURL, new Response.Listener<byte[]>(){ | |
| @Override | |
| public void onResponse(byte[] response) | |
| { | |
| try | |
| { | |
| if(response != null) | |
| { | |
| File localFolder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "WebPageToPDF"); | |
| if(!localFolder.exists()) | |
| { | |
| localFolder.mkdirs(); | |
| } | |
| // Write stream output to local file | |
| File pdfFile = new File (localFolder, "MySamplePDFFile.pdf"); | |
| OutputStream opStream = new FileOutputStream(pdfFile); | |
| pdfFile.setWritable(true); | |
| opStream.write(response); | |
| opStream.flush(); | |
| op.close(); | |
| } | |
| } catch (Exception ex) | |
| { | |
| Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Error while generating PDF file!!", Toast.LENGTH_LOG).show(); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| } |
Line #9 allows you to change the default output format so the html is converted into an image. You can use "png", "bmp" or "svg" formats for images.
| public void ConvertWebPageToImage() | |
| { | |
| // note: be sure to copy the helper function ConvertHTMLStringToPDF() from this webpage | |
| String apiKey = "YOUR-API-KEY"; | |
| String value = "http://www.google.com" // an HTML string | |
| String apiURL = "https://api.html2pdfrocket.com/pdf"; | |
| HashMap<string, string> params = new HashMap<string, string>(); | |
| params.put("apiKey", apiKey); | |
| params.put("value", value); | |
| params.put("OutputFormat", "jpg"); // Set Output format as JPG to convert page into image. | |
| // Call the API convert to a PDF | |
| InputStreamReader request = new InputStreamReader(Request.Method.Post, apiURL, | |
| new Response.Listener<byte[]>(){ | |
| @Override | |
| public void onResponse(byte[] response) | |
| { | |
| try | |
| { | |
| if(response != null) | |
| { | |
| File localFolder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "WebPageToPDF"); | |
| if(!localFolder.exists()) | |
| { | |
| localFolder.mkdirs(); | |
| } | |
| // Write stream output to local file | |
| File pdfFile = new File (localFolder, "MySampleImageFile.jpg"); | |
| OutputStream opStream = new FileOutputStream(pdfFile); | |
| pdfFile.setWritable(true); | |
| opStream.write(response); | |
| opStream.flush(); | |
| op.close(); | |
| } | |
| } catch (Exception ex) | |
| { | |
| Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Error while generating PDF file!!", Toast.LENGTH_LOG).show(); | |
| } | |
| }}); | |
| } |
You can also convert an HTML string to a PDF by supplying the HTML directly. It can be as complex as you like and may include image references and stylesheeet information -- just make sure it is valid HTML
| public void ConvertHTMLStringToPDF() | |
| { | |
| // note: be sure to copy the helper function ConvertHTMLStringToPDF() from this webpage | |
| String apiKey = "ABCD-1234"; | |
| String value = "<h1>An <strong>Example</strong>HTML String</h1>" // an HTML string | |
| String apiURL = "https://api.html2pdfrocket.com/pdf"; | |
| HashMap<string, string> params = new HashMap<string, string>(); | |
| params.put("apiKey", apiKey); | |
| params.put("value", value); | |
| // Call the API convert to a PDF | |
| InputStreamReader request = new InputStreamReader(Request.Method.Post, apiURL, | |
| new Response.Listener<byte[]>(){ | |
| @Override | |
| public void onResponse(byte[] response) | |
| { | |
| try | |
| { | |
| if(response != null) | |
| { | |
| File localFolder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "WebPageToPDF"); | |
| if(!localFolder.exists()) | |
| { | |
| localFolder.mkdirs(); | |
| } | |
| // Write stream output to local file | |
| File pdfFile = new File (localFolder, "MySamplePDFFile.pdf"); | |
| OutputStream opStream = new FileOutputStream(pdfFile); | |
| pdfFile.setWritable(true); | |
| opStream.write(response); | |
| opStream.flush(); | |
| op.close(); | |
| } | |
| } catch (Exception ex) | |
| { | |
| Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Error while generating PDF file!!", Toast.LENGTH_LOG).show(); | |
| } | |
| }}); | |
| } |
This helper class is common to all examples
| // Helper class to send request to web API | |
| class InputStreamReader extends Request<byte[]> { | |
| private final Response.Listener<byte[]> mListener; | |
| private Map<string, string> mParams; | |
| public Map<string, string> responseHeaders; | |
| public InputStreamReader(int method, String mUrl, Response.Listener<byte[]> listener, | |
| Response.ErrorListener errorListener, HashMap<string, string> params) { | |
| super(method, mUrl, errorListener); | |
| // Every time it should make new request, should not use cache | |
| setShouldCache(false); | |
| mListener = listener; | |
| mParams = params; | |
| } | |
| @Override | |
| protected Map<string, string> getParams() | |
| throws com.android.volley.AuthFailureError { | |
| return mParams; | |
| } | |
| @Override | |
| protected void deliverResponse(byte[] response) { | |
| mListener.onResponse(response); | |
| } | |
| @Override | |
| protected Response<byte[]> parseNetworkResponse(NetworkResponse response) { | |
| //Initialise local responseHeaders map with response headers received | |
| responseHeaders = response.headers; | |
| //Pass the response data here | |
| return Response.success(response.data, HttpHeaderParser.parseCacheHeaders(response)); | |
| } | |
| } |
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Don't waste your day reinventing the wheel, be converting in 3 minutes from now
The number #1 reason a conversion fails is because it contains an references to external links or images that doesn't exist. If there is a conversion error, please check the page using your webbrowsers 'developer' network tab to ensure there are no 404 errors.