The best way to do this is, having a separate component that only contains what data need to be downloaded. And you can pass all necessary data using props.
I recommend using this library React-PDF.
App.js
import { PDFDownloadLink } from '@react-pdf/renderer';
import Document from './Document.js'
export default function App() {
const data = {/* Pass your data here */}
return (
<div className="App">
<PDFDownloadLink document={<MyDocument data={data}/>} fileName="somename.pdf">
{({ blob, url, loading, error }) =>
loading ? 'Loading document...' : 'Download now!'
}
</PDFDownloadLink>
</div>
);
}
Document.js
import React from 'react';
import { Document, Page, Text, View, StyleSheet } from '@react-pdf/renderer';
// Create styles
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
page: {
flexDirection: 'row',
backgroundColor: '#E4E4E4'
},
section: {
margin: 10,
padding: 10,
flexGrow: 1
}
});
// Create Document Component
const MyDocument = ({ data }) => ( //
<Document>
<Page size="A4" style={styles.page}>
<View style={styles.section}>
<Text>{data.something}</Text>
</View>
<View style={styles.section}>
<Text>{data.something}</Text>
</View>
</Page>
</Document>
);
In the main component, you will have a Download now! button. Your PDF will only contain data that you pass through props