SelectPdf for .NET - Convert from Html to Pdf - C# / ASP.NET MVC Sample

This sample shows how to use SelectPdf html to pdf converter to convert an url to pdf, also setting a few properties.

Url:

Pdf Page Size:


Pdf Page Orientation:


Web Page Width:
px

Web Page Height:
px
(leave empty to auto detect)


Sample Code C#



using System;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace SelectPdf.Samples.Controllers
{
    public class ConvertUrlToPdfController : Controller
    {
        // GET: /ConvertUrlToPdf/
        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult SubmitAction(FormCollection collection)
        {
            // read parameters from the webpage
            string url = collection["TxtUrl"];

            string pdf_page_size = collection["DdlPageSize"];
            PdfPageSize pageSize = 
                (PdfPageSize)Enum.Parse(typeof(PdfPageSize), pdf_page_size, true);

            string pdf_orientation = collection["DdlPageOrientation"];
            PdfPageOrientation pdfOrientation = 
                (PdfPageOrientation)Enum.Parse(typeof(PdfPageOrientation), 
                pdf_orientation, true);

            int webPageWidth = 1024;
            try
            {
                webPageWidth = System.Convert.ToInt32(collection["TxtWidth"]);
            }
            catch { }

            int webPageHeight = 0;
            try
            {
                webPageHeight = System.Convert.ToInt32(collection["TxtHeight"]);
            }
            catch { }

            // instantiate a html to pdf converter object
            HtmlToPdf converter = new HtmlToPdf();

            // set converter options
            converter.Options.PdfPageSize = pageSize;
            converter.Options.PdfPageOrientation = pdfOrientation;
            converter.Options.WebPageWidth = webPageWidth;
            converter.Options.WebPageHeight = webPageHeight;

            // create a new pdf document converting an url
            PdfDocument doc = converter.ConvertUrl(url);

            // save pdf document
            byte[] pdf = doc.Save();

            // close pdf document
            doc.Close();

            // return resulted pdf document
            FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(pdf, "application/pdf");
            fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Document.pdf";
            return fileResult;
        }
    }
}