PDF Export for SurveyJS

SurveyJS PDF exporter library is easy way to render SurveyJS Library surveys to PDF which can be emailed or printed

Features

• Render all SurveyJS questions (textboxes, checkboxes, dropdowns, etc.) with results
• Support of SurveyJS widgets and your own custom adorners
• Generate PDF interactive forms which can be filled inside the PDF document
• Automatic splitting into separate pages without cuts inside the questions
• Customizable font and sizes of page and markdown text
• Ability to draw header and footer with logo and company information
• API to save PDF on disk or get PDF file via raw string

Screenshots

Usage (modern ES, modules)

import * as SurveyPDF from "survey-pdf";

Usage (ES5, scripts)

Add these scripts to your web page

<!-- jsPDF library -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/jspdf@latest/dist/jspdf.min.js"></script>
<!-- SurveyJS Core library -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/survey-core@latest/survey.core.min.js"></script>
<!-- SurveyPDF Exporter library -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/survey-pdf@latest/survey.pdf.min.js"></script>

<!-- Uncomment next line to add html and markdown text support -->
<!-- <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/showdown/1.6.4/showdown.min.js"></script> -->
<!-- Uncomment next line to add IE11 support -->
<!-- <script src="https://cdn.polyfill.io/v2/polyfill.min.js"></script> -->

Also you may load any of SurveyJS with framework scripts without loading SurveyJS Core. Look at simple package dependency diagram

Example of export SurveyJS library JSON to PDF

var options = {
  fontSize: 14,
  margins: {
    left: 10,
    right: 10,
    top: 18,
    bot: 10
  }
};
//json is same as for SurveyJS Library
var surveyPDF = new SurveyPDF.SurveyPDF(json, options);

//uncomment next code to add html and markdown text support
/*var converter = new showdown.Converter();
surveyPDF.onTextMarkdown.add(function(survey, options) {
    var str = converter.makeHtml(options.text);
    str = str.substring(3);
    str = str.substring(0, str.length - 4);
    options.html = str;
});*/

surveyPDF.onRenderHeader.add(function(_, canvas) {
  canvas.drawText({
    text:
      "SurveyJS PDF | Please purchase a SurveyJS PDF developer license to use it in your app | https://surveyjs.io/Buy",
    fontSize: 10
  });
});
surveyPDF.save();

Examples

• es5 style example
• angular-cli

Constraints

• No support of dynamic elements (visibleIf, buttons, validators, etc.)
• Implied DPI 72 when set questions width
• Question Text input types supported: text, password, color
• Question Radiogroup not able to set readOnly for separate items
• Question Imagepicker imagefit is always fill
• Question Boolean values only true and false
• Question Html support restricted subset of html markup
• Question File save files via RMB in Chrome only
• Question Panel state is always expanded
• Question Panel Dynamic mode is only list and state default

License

Commercial