Albert-IV / js-fdf

An FDF (Form Data Format) generator, for populating PDF forms from NodeJS

fdf.js

This is an FDF (Form Data Format) generator for Node.js. FDF is a format you can use to populate Adobe PDF forms.

Installing

 npm install fdf.js --save

Usage

var fdf = require('fdf.js')
  , fs = require('fs');

var data = fdf.generate({
  name: 'Batman',
  type: 'Superhero'
});

fs.writeFile('data.fdf', data);

A typical way to use the resulting fdf is to auto-fill a PDF form:

pdftk form.pdf fill_form data.fdf output <outputFileName>

This will populate form.pdf with the values.

Flattening

If you are passing in complex objects, they will be flatted when setting the FDF data names. See object-iron for more details.

See Also

• fdfgen - in Python - https://github.com/ccnmtl/fdfgen
• koivi createPDF - in PHP - http://koivi.com/fill-pdf-form-fields/tutorial.php