PDF Server

Reports

Operational and financial reports are usually generated from your own systems — the data is trusted — and benefit from browser-quality rendering: charts, tables, and multi-page layout.

Why PDF Server fits

  • Charts and async content. Draw with a JS charting library and print when ready using the callback lifecycle event.
  • Long documents. Page breaks, repeating headers/footers, and page numbering.
  • Compositions. Assemble a cover page + sections + an appendix into one PDF with a composition — including a fixed raw PDF cover.
  • Trusted data relaxes the data-driven security concerns (though network and DoS controls still apply).

Shape

compositions/monthly-report/
  composition.yaml         # cover + per-section + appendix
templates/report-section/
  template.tmpl            # Go template with computed logic
templates:
  - templateName: cover-page          # a raw.pdf
  - templateName: report-section
    transform: { jq: '.summary' }
  - templateName: report-section
    if: { jq: '.details | length > 0' }
    transform: { jq: '.details' }

Preview the plan while building it:

curl -X POST -d @data.json \
  https://pdf.internal/templates/composition%3Amonthly-report/preview/render-plan
← static_template