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Document Tasks

Document tasks are used to generate documents such as invoices, purchase orders, and more.

Render Document

The Render Document task is used to render a document using a template and data.

Inputs​

  • data: The data to use to render the document. Required.
  • template: JSReport template to use to render the document. Required. https://jsreport.net/learn/dotnet-client. -- engine: The template engine to use to render the document. Required. Used javascript templating engine like "jsrender" or "handlebars" -- recipe: The recipe to use to render the document. Required. Used to define the output format of the document like "html", "pdf", "xlsx", "docx", "pptx", "csv", "json", "xml", "txt", "md", "html-to-xlsx", "html-to-xlsx-template", "html-to-xlsx-xlsx-populate", "html-to-xlsx-handlebars -- content: The content of the template to use to render the document. Required. -- chrome: The chrome to use to render the document. Optional. --- landscape: The landscape to use to render the document. Optional. --- displayHeaderFooter: The displayHeaderFooter to use to render the document. Optional. --- format: The format to use to render the document. Optional. --- marginTop: The marginTop to use to render the document. Optional. --- marginBottom: The marginBottom to use to render the document. Optional. --- marginLeft: The marginLeft to use to render the document. Optional. --- marginRight: The marginRight to use to render the document. Optional. --- width: The width to use to render the document. Optional. --- height: The height to use to render the document. Optional. --- pageRanges: The pageRanges to use to render the document. Optional. --- scale: The scale to use to render the document. Optional.

Example:


tasks:
  - task: "Document/Render"
    name: "renderInvoice"
    inputs:
      template:
        engine: "handlebars"
        recipe: "html"
        content:
          $raw: |
            <html>
                <head>
                    <title>Invoice</title>
                    </head>
                <body>
                <h1>Invoice</h1>
                <p>Name: {{name}}</p>
            </body>
      data: |
        {
          "name": "John Doe"
        }
    outputs:
      - name: "document"
        mapping: "document" # Binary data of the generated document

Outputs​

  • document: Binary data of the rendered document. Required.