How do I convert my current HTML and CSS page (with the changes the user did) to a PDF file that can be sent over email?

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I have a webpage in which the user can make changes like highlighting an image, adding a comment and so on. What I want is when the user clicks on a submit button a PDF file of the web page with the changes is generated, so that I can send it to the user through email. Any help?

What I have tried:

I tried using dompdf but I faced problem with images and also I didn't know how to include the current SVG image with the highlighting.

Posted 9-Jan-21 21:57pm

Member 15042038

Updated 9-Jan-21 22:02pm

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RickZeeland · Answer 1 · 2021-01-09T22:02:00

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Maybe you can use the API of Online pdf converter: html-to-pdf-file-converters[^]

You can find developer info here: Create your own online file converter[^]

As for Dompdf, on GitHub - dompdf/dompdf: HTML to PDF converter for PHP[^] it says:

Quote:
Embedding "raw" SVG's (<svg><path...>) isn't working yet, you need to either link to an external SVG file, or use a DataURI like this:
etc...

Posted 9-Jan-21 22:02pm

RickZeeland

Updated 10-Jan-21 0:08am

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Member 15042038 10-Jan-21 4:38am

These APIs convert the webpage to pdf without the changes the user made.

RickZeeland 10-Jan-21 4:55am

Was already afraid of that, I added some alternatives on Slant :)

Member 15042038 10-Jan-21 4:58am

I don't understand what do you mean by: "I added some alternatives on Slant"

RickZeeland 10-Jan-21 5:49am

That's the link: https://www.slant.co/topics/3535/~best-html-to-pdf-file-converters