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Report Generation

Reports can be generated in both server-side and client-side applications.

Client Side Applications​

In client-side apps, the paginated report is rendered as a normal web page. Users can leverage the browser’s built in capabilities to save the report in formats such as PDF or HTML.

This means that simply by using Paprize in your front-end application, you can provide print-ready reports.

  • 🟢 Fast
  • 🟢 Easy
  • 🔴 Cannot directly create output in PDF or HTML format

Server Side Applications​

For server-side report generation, use the @paprize/puppeteer package. documentation is available in Paprize Puppeteer.

This package is a thin wrapper around the Puppeteer project. It launches a headless browser instance, loads your report, and saves it in the desired format for you.

  • 🟢 Directly create output in PDF or HTML format
  • 🔴 Requires Puppeteer, which is more resource and time consuming