View Source Pdf.Builder (ExPDF v1.0.1)

Declarative PDF builder from template lists.

Renders a list of content tuples into a PDF document, applying global configuration for page size, margins, fonts, and templates.

Example

template = [
  {:text, "Title", %{font_size: 24, bold: true}},
  {:spacer, 10},
  {:text, "Body text", %{font_size: 12}},
  {:line, %{color: :gray}},
  {:page_break},
  {:text, "Page 2", %{font_size: 18}}
]

config = %{
  size: :a4,
  margin: 40,
  font: "Helvetica",
  font_size: 12
}

doc = Pdf.Builder.render(template, config)
binary = Pdf.export(doc)

Summary

Functions

render(template, config \\ %{})

Render a template list with the given config into a PDF document.

render_into(document, template)

Render a template list into an existing document. Nested lists are automatically flattened.

Functions

render(template, config \\ %{})

Render a template list with the given config into a PDF document.

Config keys

:size — page size (default :a4)
:margin — margin value or map (default 0)
:font — default font name (default "Helvetica")
:font_size — default font size (default 12)
:compress — compress streams (default true)
:header — fn doc, page_info -> doc end template
:footer — fn doc, page_info -> doc end template
:watermark — fn doc, page_info -> doc end template
:background — fn doc, page_info -> doc end template

render_into(document, template)

Render a template list into an existing document. Nested lists are automatically flattened.