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jsPDF

jsPDF is an open-source library written by our lead developer, James, for generating PDF documents using nothing but Javascript. You can use it in a Firefox extension, in Server Side Javascript and with Data URIs in some browsers.

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More examples and features to come.

New! Example of jsPDF using Downloadify, this makes it work in all major browsers.

Simple Two-page Text Document

var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.text(20, 20, 'Hello world!');
doc.text(20, 30, 'This is client-side Javascript, pumping out a PDF.');
doc.addPage();
doc.text(20, 20, 'Do you like that?');

// Output as Data URI
doc.output('datauri');

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Different font sizes

var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.setFontSize(22);
doc.text(20, 20, 'This is a title');

doc.setFontSize(16);
doc.text(20, 30, 'This is some normal sized text underneath.');	

// Output as Data URI
doc.output('datauri');

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Adding metadata

var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.text(20, 20, 'This PDF has a title, subject, author, keywords and a creator.');

// Optional - set properties on the document
doc.setProperties({
	title: 'Title',
	subject: 'This is the subject',
	author: 'James Hall',
	keywords: 'generated, javascript, web 2.0, ajax',
	creator: 'MEEE'
});

// Output as Data URI
doc.output('datauri');

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Example of user input

var name = prompt('What is your name?');
var multiplier = prompt('Enter a number:');
multiplier = parseInt(multiplier);

var doc = new jsPDF();
doc.setFontSize(22);
doc.text(20, 20, 'Questions');
doc.setFontSize(16);
doc.text(20, 30, 'This belongs to: ' + name);

for(var i = 1; i <= 12; i ++) {
	doc.text(20, 30 + (i * 10), i + ' x ' + multiplier + ' = ___');
}

doc.addPage();
doc.setFontSize(22);
doc.text(20, 20, 'Answers');
doc.setFontSize(16);

for(var i = 1; i <= 12; i ++) {
	doc.text(20, 30 + (i * 10), i + ' x ' + multiplier + ' = ' + (i * multiplier));
}
doc.output('datauri');

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