Export Page to PDF 🔥
Export Bubble page, single element or a list of elements to a high-quality PDF file 📄
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)
Pre-requirement: Install and configure Classify plugin
1.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 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.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)