generateDocument(file, template) Last updated: 04. Mar 2025

API only function

Produces a file using the specified template (HTML, PDF etc) and returns it as a byte array.

Name	Type	Description
file	string	Absolute path to file.
template	string	Name of the template to use to generate this file's output.

Returns a byte array if successful otherwise an error message.

Example

JS is normal JavaScript either running in the browser or on the Docly™ server.

// Generate a PDF and store it in a variable
let data = docly.generateDocument(
    "somefile", 
    "Contract.html.pdf");