Export Page to PDF 🔥
Export Bubble page, single element or a list of elements to a high-quality PDF file 📄
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🔥 Features
Very easy to use plugin with advanced settings:
Export one page element, a list of elements or the whole page to a PDF file
Export to a multipage or a single-page PDF
Flexible page layout settings: Predefined (A0-A10, letter, etc) and custom page formats; Page orientation; Margins
Plugin generates lightweight and excellent quality PDF files ready to print or to keep as a digital file
Fine control over PDF compression quality
Use any valid CSS selector to select elements to export
Download generated PDF file
Upload generated PDF file to Bubble (generate a URL)
📚 Documentation
➡️ PDF generation. Plugin fields
Pre-requirement: Install and configure Classify plugin
How to add a custom class or an ID to a Bubble element1.Install the plugin and add the "PDF Converter" element on your page
2.Set an ID for the element you want to export. To export the whole page, use this special selector: .main-page.
3.From your Workflow, Call the "Convert" action:
Option
Type
Description
General
Element(s) to capture
String
One or more comma-separated selectors. Each element will be exported to a separate page in the PDF document.
You can use any valid CSS selector (#eltID, .eltClassname, img etc). Use this special selector to export the entire Bubble page: .main-page
Save to file
Yes/No
Whether the generated file will be saved into a file and downloaded automatically
Generate URL
Yes/No
If "yes", the PDF file will be uploaded to Bubble filestorage
Filename
String
Output filename. Do not add ".pdf" at the end
Compress quality
Integer
Compress quality is a number in range [0..100]. It defines the output file size and quality
Page Layout
Page format
Dropdown
Predefined commonly used page formats
Orientation
Dropdown
Page orientation (Portrait, Landscape)
Page fit mode
Dropdown
How the captured element will be rendered into the PDF page. Possible values are: fill, contain, scale-down, cover, none. Check the detailed description below
No page breaks mode
Yes/No
Applies to "full-width" mode only
Margins (left, right, top, bottom)
Float
Page margins
Margin unit
Dropdown
Inches, Centimetres, Pixels, Points etc
Custom Page Size
Custom page size
Yes/No
Set to "yes" if you want to define custom page format
Page size(,)
String
Custom page size. Format: width,height. "Custom page size" field must be set to "yes".
Unit
Dropdown
Units for the custom page size: Inches, Centimetres, Pixels, Points etc
Other
Autoprint
Yes/No
Automatically show the print dialog when file opened
Draw margin borders
Yes/No
Draw red borders to indicate the margins. For debug purposes
Use Proxy
Yes/No
Setting this field to Yes is particularly useful when your page contains images from external resources. Hint: set this field to Yes when the output PDF misses some images.
Archive
Create archive
Yes/No
Helps to decrease the output filesize. Useful to do before generating a URL
Archive filename
String
Filename without ".zip". Example: "output"
Related events:
PDF Generated
Related states:
PDF Generating (Yes/No)
PDF Generation Percentage (Number)
➡️ Page fit options
Page fit defines how the captured element will be rendered on the PDF page. Plugin supports 6 options: full-width, fill, contain, scale-down, cover, none. It works in the same way as the object-fit CSS attribute (check the CSS Demo section for a better undertanding).
If you are unsure about which option you have to choose, start from full-width or ontain.
➡️ How to upload PDF and generate a URL
1.Set the "Generate URL" field to "Yes"
2. Once the "URL generated" event triggers:
3. Access the "URL" shared state:
Now you can save the generated URL to database etc
Sometimes it's useful to archive the PDF before generating an URL to highly reduce the filesize. Set the "Create archive" to "YES" and optionally the "Archive filename" fields.
Related events:
URL Generated
Related states:
URL Generating (Yes/No)
URL (String)
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