Generate PDF in AEM

[foalowaini]

Hello,

If we want to generate a PDF file for contract with some dynamic data as json. what is the recommended approach using AEM? 

[SantoshSai]

Hi @foalowaini,

There are some options you may check and implement according to your best suite:

• Flying Saucer [0].
• Apache PDFBox [1].
• Apache Velocity Engine [2] - Suits for dynamic data replacement with the placeholder. (Official Documentation [3])
  I have used this approach previously where we had to generate pdf with user filled forms and that data has to be rendered on pdf with actual data along with prefixes. eg First Name : ${customeName} 

[0]: https://labs.tadigital.com/index.php/2018/04/23/generating-pdf-from-html-in-adobe-experience-manager...

[1]: https://experienceleaguecommunities.adobe.com/t5/adobe-experience-manager/convert-aem-page-to-pdf/m-...

[2]: https://www.albinsblog.com/2015/04/how-to-send-html-email-using-velocity-adobecq5.html#.Y3ucHuzMLdo

[3]: https://velocity.apache.org/engine/

Hope that helps!

Regards,

Santosh

[arunpatidar · Accepted solution]

If you are looking for a add-on or Adobe product to work with documentation, Adobe Experience Manager Guides is the solution.

[VeenaK]

You need to implement custom solution that can be supported by any Java implementation.

Sample Implementation can be found in below thread.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55315164/easiest-method-to-convert-json-to-pdf-in-java