# Follow the following steps to convert HTML to pdf
- Step 1 - install the pdf creator packages by following command
`$ npm i pdf-creator-node --save`
> --save flag add package name in packages.json file.
- Step 2 - Add required packages and read HTML template
```javascript
//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
```html
Hello world!
User List
{{#each users}}
- Name: {{this.name}}
- Age: {{this.age}}
{{/each}}
```
- 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
```javascript
var options = {
format: "A3",
orientation: "portrait",
border: "10mm",
header: {
height: "45mm",
contents: 'Author: Shyam Hajare
'
},
"footer": {
"height": "28mm",
"contents": {
first: 'Cover page',
2: 'Second page', // Any page number is working. 1-based index
default: '{{page}}/{{pages}}', // fallback value
last: 'Last Page'
}
};
```
- Step 5 - Provide HTML, User data and pdf path for output
```javascript
var users = [
{
name:"Shyam",
age:"26"
},
{
name:"Navjot",
age:"26"
},
{
name:"Vitthal",
age:"26"
}
]
var document = {
html: html,
data: {
users: users
},
path: "./output.pdf"
};
```
- Step 6 - After setting all parameters just pass document and options to pdf.create method.
```javascript
pdf.create(document, options)
.then(res => {
console.log(res)
})
.catch(error => {
console.error(error)
});
```
## Referance
Please refer following link if you want to use condition in html template
- https://handlebarsjs.com/builtin_helpers.html
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