PDF export PoC

fiori/app/browse/fiori-service.cds

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 using CatalogService from '@capire/bookstore';
 
+using from '@sap/cds-pdf-export';
+
+annotate CatalogService with @(
+    Capabilities: { SupportedFormats : [ 'application/pdf' ] },
+    PDF.Features: {
+        DocumentDescriptionReference : '/-pdf/',
+        DocumentDescriptionCollection : 'createDocumentDescription'
+    }
+);
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 //	Books Object Page

fiori/package.json

@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
         "[production]": {
           "model": "db/hana"
         }
+      },
+      "pdf": {
+        "kind": "btp-adobe-forms",
+        "vcap": {
+          "label": "adsrestapi"
+        },
+        "[pdfme]": {
+          "kind": "export-pdf",
+          "impl": "./pdfme.js"
+        }
       }
     },
     "hana": {

fiori/pdfme.js

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+const { generate, BLANK_PDF } = require("@pdfme/generator");
+
+/**
+ * Generate PDF with @pdfme/generator library
+ */
+module.exports = async (data, headers) => {
+
+  let inputs = data
+
+  let x = 0, y = 0;
+  const width = 30;
+  const height = 5;
+
+  const tableSchema = {}
+  for (const entry of headers) {
+    x += width;
+    tableSchema[entry.Name] = {
+      type: 'text',
+      position: { x, y: 10 },
+      width,
+      height
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const row of data) {
+    for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(row)) {
+      if (typeof value !== 'string')  row[key] = ''+value // stringify
+    }
+  }
+
+  const template = {
+    basePdf: BLANK_PDF,
+    schemas: [tableSchema]
+  };
+  const pdf = await generate({ template, inputs });
+
+  return pdf;
+};