txPDF
Infrastructure
pdf conversion microservice
SHOW HN2018
93points
34comments
#472of 2,155 in 2018
Top 22%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
2 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
wkhtmltopdf is a great utility and the maker relies on it heavily
From 1 comment
Thanks, I'll check out that issue and see if there is anything I can contribute. wkhtmltopdf is a great utility and we rely on it heavily.
cjimti on HN
Objections
Open URL-to-PDF services risk SSRF and local file access attacks
From 1 comment
I've reported many bugs in projects that turn "URL" to "PDF". You need to be sure you're limiting the kind of URLs that people can submit. For example ensure that nobody makes a…
stevekemp on HN
Questions
Can the wkhtmltopdf packaging issue be worked around
From 1 comment
wkhtmltopdf maintainer here. That's really cool! Did you manage to find a workaround for https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/issues/2? If so, would appreciate a PR :-)
ashkulz on HN
Alternatives named
Headless Chrome print-to-pdf
From 1 comment
A basic command line alternative using Headless Chrome[1]: ``` chrome --headless --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf https://www.chromestatus.com/ ``` [1]…
krn on HN
wkhtmltopdf
From 1 comment
Similar functionality is packaged in wkhtmltopdf, which essentially runs Webkit headless to print to PDF. https://wkhtmltopdf.org/
rav on HN
Weasyprint
From 1 comment
I find wkhtmltopdf very difficult to work with, for instance the official documentation is just a man [1]. I discovered the project Weasyprint[2] a few months ago. I find it…
ZeKZ on HN
Puppeteer
From 1 comment
Awesome timing. Just started work on a LinkedIn alternative called https://jaresume.com We need a reliable way of turning peoples resumes into PDF's Going to give this a go today…
thomasfromcdnjs on HN
Prerender.cloud
From 1 comment
alternatively if you want a SaaS REST API: ``` curl https://service.prerender.cloud/screenshot/https://google.com/ > out.jpg curl…
jotto on HN