nodeice

Another PDF invoice generator

☁️ Installation

$ npm i --save nodeice

📋 Example

const Invoice = require("nodeice");

// Create the new invoice
let myInvoice = new Invoice({
    config: {
        template: __dirname + "/template/index.html"
      , tableRowBlock: __dirname + "/template/blocks/row.html"
    }
  , data: {
        currencyBalance: {
            main: 1
          , secondary: 3.67
        }
      , invoice: {
            number: {
                series: "PREFIX"
              , separator: "-"
              , id: 1
            }
          , date: "01/02/2014"
          , dueDate: "11/02/2014"
          , explanation: "Thank you for your business!"
          , currency: {
                main: "XXX"
              , secondary: "ZZZ"
            }
        }
      , tasks: [
            {
                description: "Some interesting task"
              , unit: "Hours"
              , quantity: 5
              , unitPrice: 2
            }
          , {
                description: "Another interesting task"
              , unit: "Hours"
              , quantity: 10
              , unitPrice: 3
            }
          , {
                description: "The most interesting one"
              , unit: "Hours"
              , quantity: 3
              , unitPrice: 5
            }
        ]
    }
  , seller: {
        company: "My Company Inc."
      , registrationNumber: "F05/XX/YYYY"
      , taxId: "00000000"
      , address: {
            street: "The Street Name"
          , number: "00"
          , zip: "000000"
          , city: "Some City"
          , region: "Some Region"
          , country: "Nowhere"
        }
      , phone: "+40 726 xxx xxx"
      , email: "[email protected]"
      , website: "example.com"
      , bank: {
            name: "Some Bank Name"
          , swift: "XXXXXX"
          , currency: "XXX"
          , iban: "..."
        }
    }
  , buyer: {
        company: "Another Company GmbH"
      , taxId: "00000000"
      , address: {
            street: "The Street Name"
          , number: "00"
          , zip: "000000"
          , city: "Some City"
          , region: "Some Region"
          , country: "Nowhere"
        }
      , phone: "+40 726 xxx xxx"
      , email: "[email protected]"
      , website: "example.com"
      , bank: {
            name: "Some Bank Name"
          , swift: "XXXXXX"
          , currency: "XXX"
          , iban: "..."
        }
    }
});

// Render invoice as HTML and PDF
myInvoice.toHtml(__dirname + "/my-invoice.html", (err, data) => {
    console.log("Saved HTML file");
}).toPdf(__dirname + "/my-invoice.pdf", (err, data) => {
    console.log("Saved pdf file");
});

// Serve the pdf via streams (no files)
require("http").createServer((req, res) => {
    myInvoice.toPdf({ output: res });
}).listen(8000);

📝 Documentation

Invoice(options)

This is the constructor that creates a new instance containing the needed methods.

Params

• Object options: The options for creating the new invoice:
• config (Object):
  • template (String): The HTML root template.
• data (Object):
  • currencyBalance (Object):
    • main (Number): The main balance.
    • secondary (Number): The converted main balance.
    • tasks (Array): An array with the tasks (description of the services you did).
    • invoice (Object): Information about invoice.
• seller (Object): Information about seller.
• buyer (Object): Information about buyer.

initTemplates(callback)

Inits the HTML templates.

Params

• Function callback: The callback function.

toHtml(output, callback)

Renders the invoice in HTML format.

Params

• String output: An optional path to the output file.
• Function callback: The callback function.

Return

• Invoice The Nodeice instance.

convertToSecondary(input)

Converts a currency into another currency according to the currency balance provided in the options

Params

• Number input: The number that should be converted

Return

• Number The converted input

toPdf(options, callback)

Renders invoice as pdf

Params

• Object|String|Stream options: The path the output pdf file, the stream object, or an object containing:

• output (String|Stream): The path to the output file or the stream object.

• converter (Object): An object containing custom settings for the phantom-html-to-pdf.

• Function callback: The callback function

Return

• Invoice The Invoice instance

😋 How to contribute

Have an idea? Found a bug? See how to contribute.

📜 License

MIT © Ionică Bizău