html-to-pdf-chrome-headless

How to Run a Chrome Headless app to convert your HTML files to PDF on a Ubuntu Machine

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• Install Chrome Headless

  1. wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
  2. sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

• Install node and html-pdf-chrome package

  • https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-pdf-chrome

• Run index.js and chrome

  • google-chrome-stable \
    --interpreter none \
    -- \
    --headless \
    --disable-gpu \
    --disable-translate \
    --disable-extensions \
    --disable-background-networking \
    --safebrowsing-disable-auto-update \
    --disable-sync \
    --metrics-recording-only \
    --disable-default-apps \
    --no-first-run \
    --mute-audio \
    --hide-scrollbars \
    --remote-debugging-port=<port goes here>
    

  • node index.js

• Setup pm2 to manage processes (Optional)

  • https://pm2.keymetrics.io/