SVGToPDFConversionAPI - Scoped, Global
The SVGToPDFConversionAPI provides methods that enable the adding of an SVG to a PDF and converting an SVG to PDF.
This API is part of the ServiceNow PDF
Generation Utilities plugin (com.snc.apppdfgenerator) and is provided within the
sn_pdfgeneratorutils namespace. The plugin is activated by default.
See also PDFGenerationAPI.
SVGToPDFConversionAPI - SVGToPDFConversionAPI()
Instantiates a new SVGToPDFConversionAPI object.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| None |
The following examples shows how to create a SVGToPDFConversionAPI object.
var v = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.SVGToPDFConversionAPI();
SVGToPDFConversionAPI - addSVGToPDF(String svg, String inputPdfSysId, String targetTable, String targetSysId, String nameForPdf, Number pageNo, Number x, Number y, Number svgImgWidth, Number svgImgHeight)
Adds an SVG image to a PDF on a specified page with image size and location coordinates.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| svg | String | SVG to convert to a PDF document. |
| inputPdfSysId | String | Sys_id of the target PDF in which to create a copy of with an SVG. The target PDF is in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. |
| targetTable | String | Name of the table containing the record to which the PDF is attached. You can find this value in the same row as the attachment listed in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. |
| targetTableSysId | String | Sys_id of the record to which the PDF is attached. You can find this value in the same row as the attachment listed in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. |
| targetTable | String | Name of the table on which to attach the converted PDF. |
| targetTableSysId | String | Sys_id of the record on which to attach the converted PDF. |
| pdfName | String | Name to give the PDF. Default: Sys_id of the PDF in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. |
| pageNo | Number | Page number in the attached PDF on which to place the SVG. |
| x | Number | Horizontal position of the SVG in the page. Value is in points. |
| y | Number | Vertical position of the SVG in the page. Value is in points. |
| svgImgWidth | Number | Width of the SVG image in pixels. |
| svgImgHeight | Number | Height of the SVG image in pixels. |
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | Object containing sys_id of a new PDF attachment with inserted SVG if
successful, error message otherwise. |
| <Object>.attachment_id | If SVG conversion is successful, sys_id of the attached PDF. The file is listed
in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. Data type: String |
| <Object>.message | Message confirming success or error.
Possible values:
Data type: String |
| <Object>.status | Status indicating whether the operation is successful. Possible values:
Data type: String |
The following example shows how get SVG from the description field of an incident record and add it to page 5 of a PDF attachment. The new PDF with SVG is located in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table.
var gr = new GlideRecord("incident");
var svg;
if (gr.get("<tableSysId>")) {
svg = gr.description.toString();
}
var result = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.SVGToPDFConversionAPI().addSVGToPDF(svg, "<inputPdfSysId>", "incident", "<tableSysId>", "AddSVGToPDF", 5, 30, 30, 300, 100);
gs.info(JSON.stringify(result));
Output:
{"attachment_id":"<sys_id>","message":"Adding SVG to PDF and creating new PDF is successful.","status":"success"}
SVGToPDFConversionAPI - convertSVGToPDF(String svg, String pdfName, String targetTable, String targetTableSysId)
Converts an SVG provided as string to PDF.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| svg | String | SVG to convert to a PDF document. |
| pdfName | String | Name to give the PDF. Default: Sys_id of the PDF in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. |
| targetTable | String | Name of the table on which to attach the converted PDF. |
| targetTableSysId | String | Sys_id of the record on which to attach the converted PDF. |
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | Object containing sys_id of the PDF attachment converted from SVG if
successful, error message
otherwise. |
| <Object>.attachment_id | If SVG conversion is successful, sys_id of the attached PDF. The file is listed
in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. Data type: String |
| <Object>.message | Message confirming success or error.
Possible values:
Data type: String |
| <Object>.status | Status indicating whether the operation is successful. Possible values:
Data type: String |
The following example shows how get SVG from the description field of an incident record, to convert the SVG to PDF and attach it to a record.
var gr = new GlideRecord("incident");
var svg;
if (gr.get("<tableSysId>")) {
svg = gr.description.toString();
}
var v = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.SVGToPDFConversionAPI();
var result = v.convertSVGToPDF(svg, "ConvertSVGToPDF", "incident", "<targetTableSysId>");
gs.info(JSON.stringify(result));
Output:
{"attachment_id":"<pdf_attachment_sys_id>","message":"SVG to PDF conversion is successful.","status":"success"}
SVGToPDFConversionAPI - convertSVGToPDFWithSize(String svg, String nameForPDF, String targetTable, String targetTableSysId, Number svgImgWidth, Number svgImgHeight)
Converts an SVG provided as string to PDF with image width and height values.
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| svg | String | SVG to convert to a PDF document. |
| pdfName | String | Name to give the PDF. Default: Sys_id of the PDF in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. |
| targetTable | String | Name of the table on which to attach the converted PDF. |
| targetTableSysId | String | Sys_id of the record on which to attach the converted PDF. |
| svgImgWidth | Number | Width of the SVG image in pixels. |
| svgImgHeight | Number | Height of the SVG image in pixels. |
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Object | Object containing sys_id of the PDF attachment converted from SVG if
successful, error message
otherwise. |
| <Object>.attachment_id | If SVG conversion is successful, sys_id of the attached PDF. The file is listed
in the Attachments [sys_attachment] table. Data type: String |
| <Object>.message | Message confirming success or error.
Possible values:
Data type: String |
| <Object>.status | Status indicating whether the operation is successful. Possible values:
Data type: String |
The following example shows how get SVG from the description field of an incident record, to convert the SVG to PDF, and attach it to a record.
var gr = new GlideRecord("incident");
var svg;
if (gr.get("<tableSysId>")) {
svg = gr.description.toString();
}
var v = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.SVGToPDFConversionAPI();
var result = v.convertSVGToPDFWithSize(svg, "ConvertSVGToPDF", "incident", "<targetTableSysId>", 600, 150);
gs.info(JSON.stringify(result));
Output:
{"attachment_id":"<pdf_attachment_sys_id>","message":"SVG to PDF conversion is successful.","status":"success"}