85 lines
2.2 KiB
JavaScript
85 lines
2.2 KiB
JavaScript
const PDFDocument = require('pdfkit');
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const fs = require('fs');
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const { spawn } = require('child_process');
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const path = require('path');
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module.exports = {
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generateFile(username, studentId, req, res) {
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// Create the output text
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const infoArray = [
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'Username:',
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`${username}`,
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'',
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'Email:',
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`${username}@kvcc.me.edu`,
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'',
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'Student ID:',
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`${studentId}`,
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'',
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'Note: When signing into the MyKV Portal, use your Username not your Email.',
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'',
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'For further assistance contact ithelp@mainecc.edu'
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];
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const infoString = infoArray.join('\n');
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// Define the path for the PDF file
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const pdfFilePath = path.join(__dirname, 'output.pdf');
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// Create a new PDF document
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const doc = new PDFDocument({
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size: [204, 400],
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margin: 5
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});
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// Create a writable stream to save the PDF to a file
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const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(pdfFilePath);
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doc.pipe(writeStream);
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// Add content (image, text) to the PDF
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// doc.image('./public/itslogo.jpg', {
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// fit: [196, 100],
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// align: 'center',
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// valign: 'top',
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// });
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// doc.moveDown();
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// doc.moveDown();
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// doc.moveDown();
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// doc.moveDown();
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// doc.moveDown();
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// doc.moveDown();
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// doc.moveDown();
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doc.fontSize(12).text(infoString, {
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align: 'left',
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});
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// Finalize the PDF
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doc.end();
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writeStream.on('finish', () => {
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// PDF file has been saved, now print it using lp command
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const printer = spawn('lp', ['-d', 'ITThermal', pdfFilePath]); // Replace 'ITThermal' with your actual printer name
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// Handle error if the printing process fails
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printer.on('error', (err) => {
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console.error('Failed to start printing process:', err);
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res.status(500).json({ message: 'Failed to start printing process', error: err.message });
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});
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// Handle the process exit event
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printer.on('close', (code) => {
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if (code === 0) {
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res.send('PDF sent to printer successfully.');
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} else {
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res.status(500).json({ message: 'Failed to print PDF' });
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}
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});
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});
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// Handle any errors during file writing
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writeStream.on('error', (err) => {
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console.error('Error writing PDF file:', err);
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res.status(500).json({ message: 'Error writing PDF file', error: err.message });
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});
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}
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} |