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Open Source Node.js Library to Create & Manage PDF Files

A Leading Open Source Node.js PDF Library to Create New PDFs, Add Images, Format Text, Extract Content, Merge/Split PDFs, or Perform any Other PDF-Related Task via Free API.

What is Lx-pdf Library?

Making and modifying PDF files is a crucial component of many applications in the quick-paced, contemporary world of online and software development. Workflow can be greatly streamlined by having a reliable and effective tool available, whether you're creating reports, invoices, or any other type of printable document. This is where the Node.js package lx-pdf comes in to provide a smooth solution and make PDF manipulation jobs simple and effective. Instead of becoming mired in the PDF internals, developers can concentrate on their application logic thanks to the library's simple and straightforward methods for completing typical operations.

Litixsoft created the very helpful open-source Node.js library Lx-pdf. Its purpose is to give programmers a simple yet effective set of tools for working with PDF files. Creating new PDFs, extracting content from existing PDF files, merging PDF documents, adding headers and footers, merging and splitting, adding watermarks to PDFs, embedding images to PDFs, and performing any other task pertaining to PDFs are just a few of the library's significant features.

Any software library must have good performance, but this is especially true when working with potentially huge and complicated PDF files. Performance is a top priority when designing Lx-pdf, which uses effective algorithms and optimizations to guarantee quick operation even with big datasets. For those wishing to integrate PDF manipulation into their Node.js applications, lx-pdf is a great option due to its user-friendly API, extensive capabilities, fast performance, and ongoing development and support.

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Getting Started with Lx-pdf

Lx-pdf is available at npm, You can easily download it and install it on your machine. Please use the following command for smooth installation.

Install Lx-pdf using npm

npm install lx-pdf

New PDF Generation in Node.js

The open source lx-pdf makes it easy for software developers to generate a new PDF document inside Node.js applications. The library supports creating new PDF documents from scratch with customizable content. With support for various text formatting, images, tables, and more, it allows users to create professional-looking PDFs tailored to their specific requirements. The library is very easy to handle and with just a few lines of code, developers can generate a PDF containing text and images, ready to be used in their application as given in following code example.

How to Create a New PDF Documents inside Node.js Apps?

const lxPDF = require('lx-pdf');

const pdf = new lxPDF();

pdf.addText('Hello, world!');
pdf.addImage('path/to/image.png', { width: 200, height: 200 });

pdf.save('output.pdf', () => {
  console.log('PDF generated successfully!');
});

PDF Text Formatting in Node.js

The open source lx-pdf library allows software developers to effortlessly customize text within their PDF documents inside Node.js applications. This feature allows developers to control fonts, sizes, colors, and alignment, ensuring that your text appears exactly as desired. The following example shows how software developers can format the appearance of text inside their PDF documents using lx-pdf Node.js library

How to Apply Text Formatting to PDF Documents inside Node.js Environment?

const lxPDF = require('lx-pdf');

const pdf = new lxPDF();

pdf.addText('Hello, world!', {
  font: 'Helvetica',
  fontSize: 12,
  color: '#333',
  align: 'center'
});

pdf.save('formatted_text.pdf', () => {
  console.log('PDF with formatted text generated successfully!');
});

Image Handling inside Node.js

The open source lx-pdf library has provided seamless support for adding and managing images to your PDF documents inside Node.js environment. Using the library software professionals can effortlessly add images from local files or URLs into your PDF documents, with support for resizing and positioning. Whether you're including logos, graphics, or photographs, lx-pdf makes it easy to resize and position images within your PDF. The following example shows how software developers can add images to their PDF documents inside Node.js applications.

How to Insert Images into PDF Documents inside Node.js Apps?

const lxPDF = require('lx-pdf');

const pdf = new lxPDF();

pdf.addImage('path/to/image.png', {
  x: 50,
  y: 50,
  width: 200,
  height: 100
});

pdf.save('image_added.pdf', () => {
  console.log('PDF with image added generated successfully!');
});

Customization and Extensibility

Beyond its built-in features, lx-pdf library offers flexibility for customization and extensibility. Whether it's adding custom fonts, integrating with third-party libraries, or extending functionality through plugins, lx-pdf empowers developers to tailor PDF generation to their specific needs.