SelectPdf Free Html To Pdf Converter for .NET Core - Setting Document Properties with Html to Pdf Converter - C# / ASP.NET 10 Sample

This sample shows how to convert a web page to pdf using SelectPdf and set the basic pdf document information (title, subject, keywords) with the values taken from the webpage.

Url:


Rendering Engine:


Sample code · C#
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 PdfConverterPropertiesModel : PageModel
    {
        public void OnGet()
        {
            DdlRenderingEngine = "Chromium";
        }

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

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

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

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

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

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

            // get conversion result (contains document info from the web page)
            HtmlToPdfResult result = converter.ConversionResult;

            // set the document properties
            doc.DocumentInformation.Title = result.WebPageInformation.Title;
            doc.DocumentInformation.Subject = result.WebPageInformation.Description;
            doc.DocumentInformation.Keywords = result.WebPageInformation.Keywords;

            doc.DocumentInformation.Author = "SelectPdf Samples";
            doc.DocumentInformation.CreationDate = DateTime.Now;

            // 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;

        }
    }
}