create pdf file using pdfkit in nodejs

Question

I need to generate pdf file in using pdfkit in node.js:

I have this code:

doc = new PDFDocument;
doc.pipe; fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf');

doc.fontSize(15);
doc.text('Generate PDF!');

doc.end();

And it will create a pdf file: 'output.pdf' , but everytime I open the file, the file is corrupted. It says: 'Unable to open document File type plain text document (text/plain) is not supported'.

And then I tried:

doc = new PDFDocument;
doc.pipe fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf');

doc.fontSize(15);
doc.text('Generate PDF!');

doc.end();

But there's an error saying:

doc.pipe fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf');
         ^^
Syntax error: Unexpected Identifier

Then, what is the right way to generate pdf files in nodejs? Especially in part of:

doc.pipe fs.createWriteStream

Please help me. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Most of their documentation seems to be written in CoffeeScript. As cool as CoffeeScript is, that makes it a pain for those of us writing plain old JS.

So, anywhere you see spaces in their documentation, you should be able to wrap that function in parenthesis:

doc.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('output.pdf'));