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[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) 4. / 5. verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot ActiveLibrary[PDF & Document Generation](/categories/documents) verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot ================================== Browsershot Laravel wrapper to generate PDF files and Screenshots using Headless Chrome v1.3.0(5y ago)109475.9k↓16%20[11 issues](https://github.com/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot/issues)[7 PRs](https://github.com/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot/pulls)1MITPHP Since Apr 4Pushed 1y ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot)[ RSS](/packages/verumconsilium-laravel-browsershot/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (4)Dependencies (3)Versions (14)Used By (1) [Browsershot](https://github.com/spatie/browsershot) wrapper for Laravel 5 ========================================================================== [](#browsershot-wrapper-for-laravel-5) This package takes advantage of Google Chrome's Headless mode to take screenshots and generate PDFs from websites, views and raw html [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/247bbc69dc65e8dc16701ff9a3d3cf4993295eefcab4140e6d061c9252d54171/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f766572756d636f6e73696c69756d2f6c61726176656c2d62726f7773657273686f742e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4c096883fc265e268f582c0452a7f3599795f98de6ff02cf6822b466bf46ea2f/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f766572756d636f6e73696c69756d2f6c61726176656c2d62726f7773657273686f742f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://coveralls.io/github/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot?branch=master)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/87340e47be93c8c634ba0533ecac06181195e9162c0c10a447fcc9b8bfddf9e7/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766572756d636f6e73696c69756d2f6c61726176656c2d62726f7773657273686f742f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2112ce9e4b383f60fe1a0f2db040440e8b82ffd6afbc656753c2c6834f58f35e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766572756d636f6e73696c69756d2f6c61726176656c2d62726f7773657273686f742f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6e2bf5fe0e35e9b83c1fc336114362c9a15ed4d2797796bd6e0af73f2785bf75/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766572756d636f6e73696c69756d2f6c61726176656c2d62726f7773657273686f742f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7ac9cd1b5bf4ad9c5ad386618edfb4d597bb0e864f228aefe09a7b9b9e8bc666/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f766572756d636f6e73696c69756d2f6c61726176656c2d62726f7773657273686f742f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot) Requirements ============ [](#requirements) - [Node](https://nodejs.org/) 7.6.0 or higher - [Google Chrome](https://www.google.com/chrome/) - [Puppeteer Node library](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/puppeteer). You can install Puppeteer in your project via NPM: ``` npm install puppeteer ``` Or you could opt to just install it globally ``` npm install puppeteer --global ``` On a [Forge](https://forge.laravel.com) provisioned Ubuntu 16.04 server you can install the latest stable version of Chrome like this: ``` curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs gconf-service libasound2 libatk1.0-0 libc6 libcairo2 libcups2 libdbus-1-3 libexpat1 libfontconfig1 libgcc1 libgconf-2-4 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libglib2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libnspr4 libpango-1.0-0 libpangocairo-1.0-0 libstdc++6 libx11-6 libx11-xcb1 libxcb1 libxcomposite1 libxcursor1 libxdamage1 libxext6 libxfixes3 libxi6 libxrandr2 libxrender1 libxss1 libxtst6 ca-certificates fonts-liberation libappindicator1 libnss3 lsb-release xdg-utils wget sudo npm install --global --unsafe-perm puppeteer sudo chmod -R o+rx /usr/lib/node_modules/puppeteer/.local-chromium ``` Installation ============ [](#installation) Install the package through composer ``` composer require verumconsilium/laravel-browsershot ``` After the package is installed the service provider will be automatically discovered and two new Facades `PDF` and `Screenshot` will be available Usage ===== [](#usage) The recommended way to use this package is through its Facades PDF --- [](#pdf) ### Generating a PDF from a view and returning it inline [](#generating-a-pdf-from-a-view-and-returning-it-inline) ``` use VerumConsilium\Browsershot\Facades\PDF; ... return PDF::loadView('view.name', $data) ->inline(); ``` You can chain all the methods available in the [browsershot master library](https://github.com/spatie/browsershot) ### Returning the PDF as a download [](#returning-the-pdf-as-a-download) ``` use VerumConsilium\Browsershot\Facades\PDF; ... return PDF::loadView('view.name', $data) ->margins(20, 0, 0, 20) ->download(); ``` You can pass the custom file name and additional headers the response will have to the `inline` and `download` methods like ``` PDF::loadHtml('Awesome PDF') ->download('myawesomepdf.pdf', [ 'Authorization' => 'token' ]); ``` ### Persisting PDF to disk [](#persisting-pdf-to-disk) If you would like to save the generated pdf file to your storage disk you can call the `store` or `storeAs` method ``` $pdfStoredPath = PDF::loadUrl('https://google.com') ->store('pdfs/') ``` This will use the default storage driver to store the pdf in the `pdfs/` folder giving it a unique name. If you would like to specify the name you can call de `storeAs` method ``` $pdfStoredPath = PDF::loadUrl('https://google.com') ->storeAs('pdfs/', 'google.pdf') ``` Screenshots ----------- [](#screenshots) Screenshots are created the same way as PDFs just change the facade to `Screenshot` ### Generating screenshots as JPG/JPEG [](#generating-screenshots-as-jpgjpeg) By default screenshots will be taken as PNG format if you would like to use JPG instead call the `useJPG()` method ``` use VerumConsilium\Browsershot\Facades\Screenshot; Screenshot::loadView('view.name', $data) ->useJPG() ->margins(20, 0, 0, 20) ->download(); ``` ### Health Score 45 — FairBetter than 93% of packages Maintenance25 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity51 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community19 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity70 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 88.6% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~115 days Recently: every ~180 days Total 9 Last Release 2041d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2cebfac00bedd6726a6ed78f3ab1114c7808e3870a60b44a8843da2eb9917fa1?d=identicon)[verumconsilium](/maintainers/verumconsilium) --- Top Contributors [![sgtpepper9907](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21094671?v=4)](https://github.com/sgtpepper9907 "sgtpepper9907 (39 commits)")[![okaufmann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4414498?v=4)](https://github.com/okaufmann "okaufmann (4 commits)")[![nickels](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9688615?v=4)](https://github.com/nickels "nickels (1 commits)") --- Tags headless-chromelaravellaravel-5-packagelaravel5pdf-generationscreenshot ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/verumconsilium-laravel-browsershot/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/verumconsilium-laravel-browsershot/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/verumconsilium-laravel-browsershot) ``` ### Alternatives [spatie/browsershot Convert a webpage to an image or pdf using headless Chrome 5.2k32.1M102](/packages/spatie-browsershot)[barryvdh/laravel-snappy Snappy PDF/Image for Laravel 2.8k24.8M48](/packages/barryvdh-laravel-snappy)[openspout/openspout PHP Library to read and write spreadsheet files (CSV, XLSX and ODS), in a fast and scalable way 1.2k57.6M131](/packages/openspout-openspout)[setasign/tfpdf This class is a modified version of FPDF that adds UTF-8 support. 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