Class BasePdfRenderer

An abstract generic class used to define public “HTML to Pdf” Renderers such as ChromePdfRenderer, WebKitPdfRenderer and AdaptivePdfRenderer

Inheritance

System.Object

BasePdfRenderer

ChromePdfRenderer

Implements

IPdfRenderer

Namespace: IronPdf.Rendering.Abstractions

Assembly: IronPdf.dll

Syntax

public abstract class BasePdfRenderer : Object, IPdfRenderer

Remarks

Implements functionality and program flow details which are common to all renderers

Properties

LoginCredentials

Http login credentials

Declaration

public ChromeHttpLoginCredentials LoginCredentials { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ChromeHttpLoginCredentials

RenderingOptions

Html to Pdf rendering options

Declaration

public ChromePdfRenderOptions RenderingOptions { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ChromePdfRenderOptions

Methods

RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, String, String)

Creates a PDF file from an Html string, and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Declaration

public PdfDocument RenderHtmlAsPdf(string Html, string BaseUrlOrPath, string Proxy = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
System.String	BaseUrlOrPath	Optional. Setting the BaseUBaseUrlOrPathRL property gives the relative file path or URL context for hyper-links, images, CSS and JavaScript files.
System.String	Proxy	Optional. Specifies an Http proxy server. Use the pattern: http(s)://user-name:password@host:port

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument

RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, Uri, String)

Creates a PDF file from an Html string, and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Declaration

public PdfDocument RenderHtmlAsPdf(string Html, Uri BaseUrl = null, string Proxy = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
System.Uri	BaseUrl	Optional. Setting the BaseURL property gives the relative file path or URL context for hyper-links, images, CSS and JavaScript files.
System.String	Proxy	Optional. Specifies an Http proxy server. Use the pattern: http(s)://user-name:password@host:port

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument

RenderHtmlAsPdfAsync(String, Uri)

Asynchronously creates a PDF file from a URL or local file path and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Asynchronous variant of RenderHtmlAsPdf(String, Uri, String)

Declaration

public Task<PdfDocument> RenderHtmlAsPdfAsync(string Html, Uri BaseUrl = null)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	Html	The Html to be rendered as a PDF.
System.Uri	BaseUrl	Setting the BaseUrl property gives the relative context for hyper-links, images, CSS and JavaScript files. May point to a local directory or a remote URL.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument

RenderHtmlFileAsPdf(String)

Synonym of RenderHtmlFileAsPdf

Declaration

public PdfDocument RenderHtmlFileAsPdf(string FilePath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath	Path to an Html to be rendered as a PDF.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument

RenderHTMLFileAsPdf(String)

Declaration

public PdfDocument RenderHTMLFileAsPdf(string FilePath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument

RenderHtmlFileAsPdfAsync(String)

Asynchronously creates a PDF file from a local Html file, and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Asynchronous variant of RenderHtmlFileAsPdf(String)

Declaration

public Task<PdfDocument> RenderHtmlFileAsPdfAsync(string FilePath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	FilePath	Path to an Html to be rendered as a PDF.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument

RenderUrlAsPdf(String)

Creates a PDF file from a URL or local file path and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Declaration

public PdfDocument RenderUrlAsPdf(string UrlOrPath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	UrlOrPath	Path to an Html to be rendered as a PDF.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument

RenderUrlAsPdf(Uri)

Creates a PDF file from a URL or local file path and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Declaration

public PdfDocument RenderUrlAsPdf(Uri Url)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	Url	An absolute (fully formed) Uri. Points to the Html document to be rendered as a PDF.

Returns

Type	Description
PdfDocument	A PdfDocument

RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(String)

Asynchronously creates a PDF file from a URL or local file path and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Asynchronous variant of RenderUrlAsPdf(String)

Declaration

public Task<PdfDocument> RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(string UrlOrPath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.String	UrlOrPath	Path or URL to an Html document to be rendered as a PDF.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument

RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(Uri)

Asynchronously creates a PDF file from a URL or local file path and returns it as a PdfDocument.

Asynchronous variant of RenderUrlAsPdf(Uri)

Declaration

public Task<PdfDocument> RenderUrlAsPdfAsync(Uri Url)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
System.Uri	Url	An absolute (fully formed) Uri. Points to the Html document to be rendered as a PDF.

Returns

Type	Description
System.Threading.Tasks.Task<PdfDocument>	A PdfDocument

Implements

IPdfRenderer