server/AyaNova/Controllers/ReportController.cs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
 
 
 
-        [HttpGet("render/{test}")]
+        [HttpGet("render-test")]
         [AllowAnonymous]
         public async Task<IActionResult> GetTestReport([FromRoute] string test)
         {
@@ -70,29 +70,58 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         }
 
 
-        [HttpGet("render/pdf/{url}")]
+
+        //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        [HttpGet("render")]
         [AllowAnonymous]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> GetUrlPdfReport([FromRoute] string url)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetPdfReport([FromRoute] string url)
         {
             if (!serverState.IsOpen)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
-            string outputFile = FileUtil.NewRandomTempFilesFolderFileName;
+
+            // byte[] buffer = readfromdatabase();
+            // return new FileContentResult(buffer, "text/html");
+
+
+
             //first test, just render a web page to pdf and return it
             //return PhysicalFile(filePath, mimetype, dbObject.DisplayFileName);
-            outputFile += ".pdf";
+
             //http://www.puppeteersharp.com/api/index.html
             //https://github.com/hardkoded/puppeteer-sharp
             await new BrowserFetcher().DownloadAsync(BrowserFetcher.DefaultRevision);
-            var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions
+
+            //sample CSS
+            var templateCSS = @"
+            @page {
+            margin: 1cm;
+            }
+
+            @page :first {
+            margin: 2cm;
+            }";
+
+            //sample HTML
+            var templateHtml = "<div><h1>Hello world!</h1></div>";
+            using (var browser = await Puppeteer.LaunchAsync(new LaunchOptions { Headless = true }))
+            using (var page = await browser.NewPageAsync())
             {
-                Headless = true
+
-            });
+                await page.AddStyleTagAsync(new AddTagOptions { Content = templateCSS });
-            var page = await browser.NewPageAsync();
+                await page.SetContentAsync(templateHtml);
-            await page.GoToAsync(url);
+
-            await page.PdfAsync(outputFile);
+                var pdfBuffer = await page.PdfDataAsync();
-            return PhysicalFile(outputFile, "application/pdf");
+                return new FileContentResult(pdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
+
+            }
+
         }
 
+
+        //-----------------------------------------
+
+
+
         //------------
         /*
         NOTES/TODO during testing