SelectPdf for .NET 10 - Pdf Headers and Footers with Html to Pdf Converter - C# / .NET 10 Sample

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.RazorPages;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Rendering;
using SelectPdf.Universal;

namespace SelectPdf.Samples.Pages
{
    public class HtmlToPdfHeadersAndFootersModel : PageModel
    {
        public void OnGet()
        {
            DdlRenderingEngine = "Chromium";
        }

        [BindProperty]
        public string TxtUrl { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public string DdlRenderingEngine { get; set; } = "Chromium";

        public List<SelectListItem> RenderingEngines { get; } = new List<SelectListItem>
        {
            new SelectListItem { Value = "Chromium", Text = "Chromium" },
        };

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showHeaderOnFirstPage { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showHeaderOnOddPages { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showHeaderOnEvenPages { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public int headerHeight { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showFooterOnFirstPage { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showFooterOnOddPages { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showFooterOnEvenPages { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public int footerHeight { get; set; }

        [BindProperty]
        public bool showPageNumbering { get; set; }


        public IActionResult OnPost()
        {
            RenderingEngine renderingEngine =
                SampleForm.ParseEnum(DdlRenderingEngine, RenderingEngine.Chromium);

            // get parameters
            string headerUrl = Request.Scheme + "://" + Request.Host + Url.Content("~/files/header.html");
            string footerUrl = Request.Scheme + "://" + Request.Host + Url.Content("~/files/footer.html");

            // instantiate a html to pdf converter object
            HtmlToPdf converter = new HtmlToPdf();
            converter.Options.NavigationTimeout = Startup.NavigationTimeout;
            converter.Options.RenderingEngine = renderingEngine;

            // header settings
            converter.Options.DisplayHeader = showHeaderOnFirstPage ||
                showHeaderOnOddPages || showHeaderOnEvenPages;
            converter.Header.DisplayOnFirstPage = showHeaderOnFirstPage;
            converter.Header.DisplayOnOddPages = showHeaderOnOddPages;
            converter.Header.DisplayOnEvenPages = showHeaderOnEvenPages;
            converter.Header.Height = headerHeight;

            PdfHtmlSection headerHtml = new PdfHtmlSection(headerUrl);
            headerHtml.NavigationTimeout = Startup.NavigationTimeout;
            converter.Header.Add(headerHtml);

            // footer settings
            converter.Options.DisplayFooter = showFooterOnFirstPage ||
                showFooterOnOddPages || showFooterOnEvenPages;
            converter.Footer.DisplayOnFirstPage = showFooterOnFirstPage;
            converter.Footer.DisplayOnOddPages = showFooterOnOddPages;
            converter.Footer.DisplayOnEvenPages = showFooterOnEvenPages;
            converter.Footer.Height = footerHeight;

            PdfHtmlSection footerHtml = new PdfHtmlSection(footerUrl);
            footerHtml.NavigationTimeout = Startup.NavigationTimeout;
            converter.Footer.Add(footerHtml);

            // add page numbering element to the footer
            if (showPageNumbering)
            {
                // page numbers can be added using a PdfTextSection object
                PdfTextSection text = new PdfTextSection(0, 10,
                    "Page: {page_number} of {total_pages}  ",
                    PdfFont.CreateStandardFont(PdfStandardFont.Helvetica, 8));
                text.HorizontalAlign = PdfTextHorizontalAlign.Right;
                converter.Footer.Add(text);
            }

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

            // custom header on page 3 - a template assigned to the page REPLACES the document
            // header there (and is not stamped on any other page). Drawing an element on the page
            // instead is not the same thing: page coordinates start below the docked header, so it
            // would land on the page's own content with the document header still above it.
            if (doc.Pages.Count >= 3)
            {
                PdfPage page = doc.Pages[2];

                PdfTemplate customHeader = doc.AddTemplate(page.PageSize.Width, headerHeight);
                PdfHtmlElement customHtml = new PdfHtmlElement(
                    "<div><b>This is the custom header that will " +
                    "appear only on page 3!</b></div>",
                    string.Empty);
                customHtml.NavigationTimeout = Startup.NavigationTimeout;
                customHeader.Add(customHtml);

                page.CustomHeader = customHeader;
            }

            // 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;

        }
    }
}