Alter the default header/footer when printing to PDF

Question

I'm trying to use Google Chrome as a replacement of PhantomJS to render HTML into PDF. So far it's been working well for me. The only issue I have that I have not found any way to translate the following PhantomJS code:

page.paperSize = {
  footer: {
    contents: phantom.callback(function(pageNum, numPages) {
      return "Power by MyWebsite. Created on "+formatDate(new Date())+"<span style='float:right'>" + pageNum + " / " + numPages + "</span>";
    })
  }
}

Format date is the same function as in question How to format a JavaScript date

However I have not found a way to replicate this behavior in Google Chrome in headless. I am using Chrome remote interface (CDP) from https://github.com/cyrus-and/chrome-remote-interface

This is an outline of my chrome remote interface code:

return new Promise(async function (resolve, reject) {
    const url = "<MyURL here>";
    const [tab] = await Cdp.List()
    const client = await Cdp({ host: '127.0.0.1', target: tab });
    await Promise.all([
       Network.enable(),
       Page.enable()
    ]);

    Page.loadEventFired(function () { 
         setTimeout(function () {
             resolve(Page.printToPDF({displayHeaderFooter:true}))); //https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/Page/#method-printToPDF
         }, 3000);
    });
    await Page.navigate({ url }); 
};

I'm getting the PDF just fine but can only get the default Chrome headers and footers. Any way to modify them?

Note: I realise that I can use JavaScript in my page to append elements to the bottom of each page, but I'd prefer to alter the footer that is appended by the browser when exporting/printing as I've found it's much more reliable to get placed correctly and without causing any strange re-flowing of other divs in the page.

Answer 1

This is an update/answer to the question. As of Chromium 64 it is possible using the headerTemplate and footerTemplate parameters to printToPDF

Using chrome remote interface here's example code that should work:

return new Promise(async function (resolve, reject) {
    const url = "<MyURL here>";
    const [tab] = await Cdp.List()
    const client = await Cdp({ host: '127.0.0.1', target: tab });
    await Promise.all([
       Network.enable(),
       Page.enable()
    ]);

    Page.loadEventFired(function () { 
         setTimeout(function () {
    //https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/Page/#method-printToPDF
             resolve(Page.printToPDF({
                  displayHeaderFooter:true,
                  footerTemplate: "<span class='pageNumber'> of <span class='totalPages'>"
             }))); 
         }, 3000);
    });
    await Page.navigate({ url }); 
};