Setting up the Project and install dependencies.

Step 1: Create a directory for the project and move to that folder.

mkdir document-generator-app
cd document-generator-app

Step 2: Create a node.js application

npm init -y

Step 3: Install the required dependencies.

npm install express

Project Structure:

Project Structure

How to generate document with Node.js or Express.js REST API?

Generating documents with Node and Express REST API is an important feature in the application development which is helpful in many use cases.

In this article, we will discuss two approaches to generating documents with Node.js or Express.js REST API.

Table of Content

  • Document Generation using PdfKit library
  • Document Generation using Puppeteer library

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Knowledge of NodeJS and ExpressJS API testing and Postman...

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Step 1: Create a directory for the project and move to that folder....

Approach 1: Document Generation using PdfKit library

To start building documents using PdfKit library, we first need to install PdfKit package....

Approach 2: Document Generation using Puppeteer library:

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