Follow these steps to convert HTML to PDF

Step 1 - install the pdf creator package using the following command

$ npm i pdf-creator-node --save

--save flag adds package name to package.json file.

Step 2 - Add required packages and read HTML template

//Required package
var pdf = require("pdf-creator-node");
var fs = require("fs");

// Read HTML Template
var html = fs.readFileSync("template.html", "utf8");

Step 3 - Create your HTML Template

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>Hello world!</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>User List</h1>
  <ul>
    {{#each users}}
    <li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
    <li>Age: {{this.age}}</li>
    <br />
    {{/each}}
  </ul>
</body>
</html>

Step 4 - Provide format and orientation as per your need

"height": "10.5in", // allowed units: mm, cm, in, px

"width": "8in", // allowed units: mm, cm, in, px

or -

"format": "Letter", // allowed units: A3, A4, A5, Legal, Letter, Tabloid

"orientation": "portrait", // portrait or landscape

    var options = {
        format: "A3",
        orientation: "portrait",
        border: "10mm",
        header: {
            height: "45mm",
            contents: '<div style="text-align: center;">Author: Shyam Hajare</div>'
        },
        footer: {
            height: "28mm",
            contents: {
                first: 'Cover page',
                2: 'Second page', // Any page number is working. 1-based index
                default: '<span style="color: #444;">{{page}}</span>/<span>{{pages}}</span>', // fallback value
                last: 'Last Page'
            }
        }
    };

Step 5 - Provide HTML, user data and PDF path for output

var users = [
{
  name: "Shyam",
  age: "26",
},
{
  name: "Navjot",
  age: "26",
},
{
  name: "Vitthal",
  age: "26",
},
];
var document = {
html: html,
data: {
  users: users,
},
path: "./output.pdf",
type: "",
};
// By default a file is created but you could switch between Buffer and Streams by using "buffer" or "stream" respectively.

Step 6 - After setting all parameters, just pass document and options to pdf.create method.

pdf
.create(document, options)
.then((res) => {
  console.log(res);
})
.catch((error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

If Conditional Checks

You can do conditional checks by calling helper block ifCond example

{{#ifCond inputData "===" toCheckValue}}

  <!DOCTYPE html>
  <html>
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8" />
      <title>Hello world!</title>
    </head>
    <body>
      <h1>User List</h1>
      <ul>
        {{#each users}}
        <li>Name: {{this.name}}</li>
        <li>Age: {{#ifCond this.age '===' '26'}}</li>
        <br />
        {{/ifCond}}
        {{/each}}
      </ul>
    </body>
  </html>

Can check variables with different type ie string, integer, boolean, double

Other logical operators are-:

==
```
{{#ifCond inputData "==" toCheckValue}}
```

===

{{#ifCond inputData "===" toCheckValue}}

!=
```
{{#ifCond inputData "!=" toCheckValue}}
```

!==

{{#ifCond inputData "!==" toCheckValue}}

<
```
{{#ifCond inputData "<" toCheckValue}}
```
<=
```
{{#ifCond inputData "<=" toCheckValue}}
```
'>
```
{{#ifCond inputData ">" toCheckValue}}
```
'>=
```
{{#ifCond inputData ">=" toCheckValue}}
```
&&
```
{{#ifCond inputData "&&" toCheckValue}}
```
||
```
{{#ifCond inputData "||" toCheckValue}}
```

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Follow these steps to convert HTML to PDF

If Conditional Checks

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