pdffiller - google cloud function - question

[wallstudios]

I'm trying to implement a pdf filler within a google firebase (function) environment without much luck.

Has anyone tried this with any success?

const bucket = storage.bucket('somebucket'); const sourcefilename = '/test.pdf'; const sourcePDF = bucket.file(sourcefilename);

const filename = "test-result.pdf"; const file = bucket.file(filename); const destinationPDF = file.createWriteStream();

var data = { "last_name": "last", "first_name": "first", "date": "Jan 1, 2013", "football": "Off", "baseball": "Yes", "basketball": "Off", "hockey": "Yes", "nascar": "Off" };

const GeneratePDF = (req, res) => { console.log("here....");

pdfFiller.fillForm(sourcePDF, destinationPDF, data, function (err) { if (err) throw err; console.log("In callback (we're done)."); });

};

I think the main issue is around the need to createWriteStream to save to firebase.

Any ideas?

[studiomediaagency]

I have been struggling with this too. Uploading is not the problem, I just upload it using

firebase.storage().bucket().upload(destinationPDF, {
    destination: 'forms/' + id + "/form.pdf",
})

But then again, the real problem is

{
  "errno": "ENOENT",
  "code": "ENOENT",
  "syscall": "spawn pdftk",
  "path": "pdftk",
  "spawnargs": [
    "assets/u130.pdf",
    "fill_form",
    "/tmp/temp_data15593199237626mwrm.fdf",
    "output",
    "/tmp/GVdxWekDP8W3Gb1AIJptFgUigvJ3"
  ],
  "cmd": "pdftk assets/u130.pdf fill_form /tmp/temp_data15593199237626mwrm.fdf output /tmp/GVdxWekDP8W3Gb1AIJptFgUigvJ3"
}

pdftk is not available on Firebase Cloud Functions, I'm thinking about setting up a VM but I think is too much trouble. Have you resolved spawn pdftk by any chance?