lmlorca/express-pdftk repository overview

⁠Express PDFtk

Docker image to spin up a simple Express.js HTTP endpoint to fill out PDF forms through JSON request body.

⁠Example usage

docker run -it -v $(pwd)/template:/template -e ENDPOINT="/fill-pdf" -p 8000:5000 express-pdftk

• -v /path-to-file/:/template (Required) /path-to-file/ Must contain a pdf file named template.pdf
• -e ENDPOINT (Optional) Name of the api route - defaults to api/pdftk

⁠Make POST request to the endpoint

• POST http://localhost:5000/api/pdftk

⁠Request Body (JSON)

{
  "fileName": "my-file", // defaults to "output"
  "fields": {
    "Name": "John Doe",
    "Checked": "Yes"
  }
}

⁠Returns

PDF Document