ASP.NET MVC Render View to PDF File and save on disk

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I'm looking for a way to take a view in my MVC site and save it to a PDF and save it locally on disk. I have found a lot of answers that are similar to what I'm asking, but none of them actually answer it. How can I do this?

I do use the commercial HiQPdf library. See the lots of online demos. — Uwe Keim
– Uwe Keim, Commented Aug 18, 2015 at 21:15

Johnie Karr · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-18 21:12:26Z

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I've used WkHtmlToPdf before with good success.

It's a command line tool that you can install on your server.

edited Aug 18, 2015 at 21:12

answered Aug 18, 2015 at 20:58

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CMS Over a year ago

does it save with all the css styles applied? and hide the elements that are hidden on print?

Johnie Karr Over a year ago

Yes. It renders the URL you give it and then generates a PDF based on what is rendered. Same as if you had a PDF Print driver installed and printed it locally to a pdf that way from the web browser...except this sits on your server.

CMS Over a year ago

do they have a nuget package? or i need to install something in my pc?

Johnie Karr Over a year ago

I found Codaxy.WkHtmlToPdf on nuget, but the Codazy prefix throws me off, don't know if it's a port or from the WkHtmlToPdf folks.

CMS Over a year ago

i tried Rotativa problem is that i don't see an option to save it on disk

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Dragon · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-18 21:35:55Z

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I have used Rotativa, it worked great
Rotativa
The implementation is quite simple ,very few lines of code.
For example you would need just these lines to render view as a pdf

public ActionResult PrintInvoice(int invoiceId)
{
  return new ActionAsPdf(
                 "Invoice", 
                 new { invoiceId= invoiceId }) 
                 { FileName = "Invoice.pdf" };
}

For more info
Code Project

edited Aug 18, 2015 at 21:35

answered Aug 18, 2015 at 21:29

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Jim · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-18 20:57:23Z

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I've used the Aspose.pdf library (not free) for this in the past.

I believe this blog post here gives a very in-depth explanation of how to do it.

http://daveaglick.com/posts/using-aspnet-mvc-and-razor-to-generate-pdf-files

answered Aug 18, 2015 at 20:57

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