How to install WebKit HTML converter using NuGet package manager in ASP.NET MVC?

The Syncfusion HTML to PDF converter is a .NET PDF library for converting webpages, SVG, MHTML and HTML to PDF using C#. It is reliable and accurate. The result preserves all graphics, images, text, fonts, and the layout of the original HTML document or webpage. You can install the required assemblies and binaries in the .NET Framework application by using the NuGet package manager.

Refer to this documentation link for installing NuGet packages.

Steps to install WebKit HTML converter using NuGet package manager:

1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC application project.
2. Install the Syncfusion.HtmlToPdfConverter.QtWebKit.AspNet.Mvc5  NuGet package as a reference to your .NET Framework applications from NuGet.org.
3. Copy the QtBinaries folder from the installed HtmltoPdfConverter package and paste it into the folder, which contains the HTMLtoPDF.csproj file.
4. Then, include the QtBinaries folder in a project and set Copy to output directory as copy always for all the QtBinaries (All files including inner folders and files) assemblies.
5. Add a button to convert HTML to PDF in index.cshtml.

   @using (Html.BeginForm("ExportToPDF", "Home", FormMethod.Post))
   {
       <input type="submit" value="Convert HTML to PDF" />
   }
   

6. Include the following namespaces and code snippet for converting HTML to PDF.

C#

using Syncfusion.HtmlConverter;
using Syncfusion.Pdf;
using System.IO;

public ActionResult ExportToPDF()
{
//Initialize HTML to PDF converter
HtmlToPdfConverter htmlConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(HtmlRenderingEngine.WebKit);
WebKitConverterSettings settings = new WebKitConverterSettings();
//Set WebKit path
settings.WebKitPath = Server.MapPath("~/QtBinaries/");
//Assign WebKit settings to HTML converter
htmlConverter.ConverterSettings = settings;
//Convert a URL to PDF with HTML converter
PdfDocument document = htmlConverter.Convert("http://www.google.com");
//Save the PDF document
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();
 
document.Save(stream);
 
return File(stream.ToArray(), System.Net.Mime.MediaTypeNames.Application.Pdf, "HTMLtoPDF.pdf");
}

A complete working sample can be downloaded from HTMLtoPDF.zip.

By executing the program, you will get the PDF file as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you will find other options like Html string to PDF, partial webpage to PDF, Html to single PDF page, and Html to PDF conversion using IE Rendering with code examples.

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An online sample link to Convert Html To PDF document.