Generate PDF Invoice From HTML Template - VB.NET
PDF from HTML Template sample in VB.NET demonstrating ‘Generate PDF Invoice From HTML Template’
Module1.vb
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Newtonsoft.Json
Imports Newtonsoft.Json.Linq
Module Module1
' The authentication key (API Key).
' Get your own by registering at https://app.pdf.co
Const API_KEY As String = "***********************************"
' --TemplateID--
' Please follow below steps to create your own HTML Template and get "templateId".
' 1. Add new html template in app.pdf.co/templates/html
' 2. Copy paste your html template code into this new template. Sample HTML templates can be found at "https://github.com/bytescout/pdf-co-api-samples/tree/master/PDF%20from%20HTML%20template/TEMPLATES-SAMPLES"
' 3. Save this new template
' 4. Copy it’s ID to clipboard
' 5. Now set ID of the template into “templateId” parameter
' HTML template using built-in template
' see https://app.pdf.co/templates/html/2/edit
Dim template_id = 2
' Data to fill the template
Dim templateData As String = File.ReadAllText(".\invoice_data.json")
' Destination PDF file name
Const DestinationFile As String = ".\result.pdf"
Sub Main()
' Create standard .NET web client instance
Dim webClient As WebClient = New WebClient()
' Set API Key
webClient.Headers.Add("x-api-key", API_KEY)
Try
' Prepare URL for HTML to PDF API call
Dim request As String = Uri.EscapeUriString(String.Format(
"https://api.pdf.co/v1/pdf/convert/from/html?name={0}",
Path.GetFileName(DestinationFile)))
' Prepare request body in JSON format
Dim jsonObject As JObject = New JObject(
New JProperty("templateId", template_id),
New JProperty("templateData", templateData))
webClient.Headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
' Execute request
Dim response As String = webClient.UploadString(request, jsonObject.ToString())
' Parse JSON response
Dim json As JObject = JObject.Parse(response)
If json("error").ToObject(Of Boolean) = False Then
' Get URL of generated PDF file
Dim resultFileUrl As String = json("url").ToString()
webClient.Headers.Remove("Content-Type") ' remove the header required for only the previous request
' Download the PDF file
webClient.DownloadFile(resultFileUrl, DestinationFile)
Console.WriteLine("Generated PDF document saved as ""{0}"" file.", DestinationFile)
End If
Catch ex As WebException
Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString())
End Try
webClient.Dispose()
Console.WriteLine()
Console.WriteLine("Press any key...")
Console.ReadKey()
End Sub
End Module
invoice_data.json
{
"invoice_id": "1234567",
"invoice_date": "April 30, 2016",
"invoice_dateDue": "May 15, 2016",
"paid": false,
"issuer_name": "Acme Inc",
"issuer_company": "Acme International",
"issuer_address": "City, Street 3rd",
"issuer_email": "support@example.com",
"issuer_website": "http://example.com",
"client_name": "Food Delivery Inc.",
"client_company": "Food Delivery International",
"client_address": "New York, Some Street, 42",
"client_email": "client@example.com",
"items": [
{
"name": "Setting up new web-site",
"price": 250
},
{
"name": "Website Content Addition",
"price": 700
},
{
"name": "Database Setup",
"price": 200
},
{
"name": "Record Digitalization",
"price": 1800
},
{
"name": "Cloud Storage",
"price": 500
},
{
"name": "Short Messages",
"price": 35
},
{
"name": "Search Engine Optimization",
"price": 200
},
{
"name": "Priority Support",
"price": 75
},
{
"name": "Configuring mail server and mailboxes",
"price": 50
}
],
"tax": 0.065,
"discount": 0.01,
"note": "Thank You For Your Business!"
}
Resources.Designer.vb
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' <auto-generated>
' This code was generated by a tool.
' Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
'
' Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
' the code is regenerated.
' </auto-generated>
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Namespace My.Resources
'This class was auto-generated by the StronglyTypedResourceBuilder
'class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
'To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
'with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
'''<summary>
''' A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
'''</summary>
<Global.System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0"), _
Global.System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute(), _
Global.System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute(), _
Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleNameAttribute()> _
Friend Module Resources
Private resourceMan As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager
Private resourceCulture As Global.System.Globalization.CultureInfo
'''<summary>
''' Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
'''</summary>
<Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)> _
Friend ReadOnly Property ResourceManager() As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager
Get
If Object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, Nothing) Then
Dim temp As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager = New Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager("ByteScoutWebApiExample.Resources", GetType(Resources).Assembly)
resourceMan = temp
End If
Return resourceMan
End Get
End Property
'''<summary>
''' Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
''' resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
'''</summary>
<Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)> _
Friend Property Culture() As Global.System.Globalization.CultureInfo
Get
Return resourceCulture
End Get
Set(ByVal value As Global.System.Globalization.CultureInfo)
resourceCulture = value
End Set
End Property
End Module
End Namespace
Settings.Designer.vb
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' <auto-generated>
' This code was generated by a tool.
' Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
'
' Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
' the code is regenerated.
' </auto-generated>
'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Strict On
Option Explicit On
Namespace My
<Global.System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute(), _
Global.System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "11.0.0.0"), _
Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)> _
Partial Friend NotInheritable Class MySettings
Inherits Global.System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase
Private Shared defaultInstance As MySettings = CType(Global.System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(New MySettings), MySettings)
#Region "My.Settings Auto-Save Functionality"
#If _MyType = "WindowsForms" Then
Private Shared addedHandler As Boolean
Private Shared addedHandlerLockObject As New Object
<Global.System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute(), Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)> _
Private Shared Sub AutoSaveSettings(ByVal sender As Global.System.Object, ByVal e As Global.System.EventArgs)
If My.Application.SaveMySettingsOnExit Then
My.Settings.Save()
End If
End Sub
#End If
#End Region
Public Shared ReadOnly Property [Default]() As MySettings
Get
#If _MyType = "WindowsForms" Then
If Not addedHandler Then
SyncLock addedHandlerLockObject
If Not addedHandler Then
AddHandler My.Application.Shutdown, AddressOf AutoSaveSettings
addedHandler = True
End If
End SyncLock
End If
#End If
Return defaultInstance
End Get
End Property
End Class
End Namespace
Namespace My
<Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleNameAttribute(), _
Global.System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute(), _
Global.System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()> _
Friend Module MySettingsProperty
<Global.System.ComponentModel.Design.HelpKeywordAttribute("My.Settings")> _
Friend ReadOnly Property Settings() As Global.ByteScoutWebApiExample.My.MySettings
Get
Return Global.ByteScoutWebApiExample.My.MySettings.Default
End Get
End Property
End Module
End Namespace
PDF.co Web API: the Web API with a set of tools for documents manipulation, data conversion, data extraction, splitting and merging of documents. Includes image recognition, built-in OCR, barcode generation and barcode decoders to decode bar codes from scans, pictures and pdf.
Download Source Code (.zip)
return to the previous page explore PDF from HTML Template endpoint
Copyright © 2016 - 2024 PDF.co