server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using AyaNova.Models;
 using AyaNova.Api.ControllerHelpers;
 using AyaNova.Biz;
-
+using PuppeteerSharp;
 
 namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 {
@@ -44,11 +44,24 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
 
 
-            switch(test){
+            switch (test)
+            {
                 case "chrome-reddit-to-pdf":
-                //first test, just render a web page to pdf and return it
-                //return PhysicalFile(filePath, mimetype, dbObject.DisplayFileName);
-                break;
+                    //first test, just render a web page to pdf and return it
+                    //return PhysicalFile(filePath, mimetype, dbObject.DisplayFileName);
+
+                    await new BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(BrowserFetcher.DefaultRevision);
+                    var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions
+                    {
+                        Headless = true
+                    });
+                    var page = await browser.NewPageAsync();
+                    await page.GoToAsync("http://www.reddit.com");
+
+                    await page.PdfAsync(outputFile);
+
+
+                    break;
             }
 
 
@@ -56,11 +69,17 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
             //return PhysicalFile(filePath, mimetype, dbObject.DisplayFileName);
         }
-
-//https://github.com/hardkoded/puppeteer-sharp
+        //http://www.puppeteersharp.com/api/index.html
+        //https://github.com/hardkoded/puppeteer-sharp
 
         //------------
+/*
+NOTES/TODO during testing
 
+Need a temporary folder path dedicated to generating pdf's etc, a utility path just for that purpose, perhaps in a dedicated folder in the utility / backup region
+
+
+*/
 
     }//eoc
 }//eons