Hi all anyone here know of a library i can use to ...

# ktor

[Ray]

Hi all anyone here know of a library i can use to generate a pdf or excel in ktor that can be downloaded from the client side(web/mobile). i can't seem too find any

[Big Chungus]

Literally the first thing when googling "java pdf library" https://java-source.net/open-source/pdf-libraries#:~:text=Open%20Source%20PDF%20Libraries%20in%20Java%201%20iText.,PDFjet.%20...%2010%20jPod.%20...%20More%20items...%20

[Big Chungus]

Or do you want to read pdf from files and return that?

[Casey Brooks]

I’ve had good success generating PDFs from HTML with openhtmltopdf, a pure-Java PDF renderer with good support and is actively maintained (https://github.com/danfickle/openhtmltopdf) . A lot of PDF renderers call to native libraries, link with a headless Chrome instance, or some other hacks that are much less portable

For generating excel files, CSV format is much simpler to generate. You shouldn’t even need any libraries, just write that string yourself

[Ray]

thanks a lot @Big Chungus@Casey Brooks. I'll look a them now 🙏🏽

[Matteo Mirk]

To read and write Excel files there’s Apache POI