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Show HN: Automatically fill PDF templates per API

22 points by dnnsthnnr 4y ago

madisonmay 4y ago
Awesome idea, but website seems unstable. Wasn't able to login after sign-up :/
- dnnsthnnr 4y ago
  Yes I still have problems with the activation mail. Need to fix this, currently rely on my own SMTP which is not a good idea. Should move to a service. Is it working for you now?
  - madisonmay 4y ago
    I'm getting a variety of CORS errors in console. Maybe this helps: ``` Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://api.doqs.dev/v1/organization https://api.doqs.dev/v1/organization' from origin 'https://app.doqs.dev https://app.doqs.dev' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. ```
    - dnnsthnnr 4y ago
      Omg, thats awkward. Should not have happened. Its working now :)
mutt2016 4y ago
I've been looking for a library similar to this. Love the idea, but cannot post to SaaS. Too bad it's subscription only
- dnnsthnnr 4y ago
  Why can't you post to a SaaS? Would love to know more.
  - madisonmay 4y ago
    Guessing data security constraints -- I'm likely in a similar boat.
- Tadelsucht 4y ago
  Then you might be interested in my application that I posted here the other day. It's mainly a GUI application for power users, but it also has a console application so you can integrate it into your workflow. The JSON support I had added as an additional feature, but to my knowledge it is not used by anyone yet (at least I had no support mails about it). Oh, and it works without cloud and can be used completely offline (after one-time online activation, if you want to remove the demo watermark). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31999358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31999358
daniel1969 4y ago
I am curious what is your tech setup? Running on the dedicated server or cloud, which programming languages and libraries are you using?
- dnnsthnnr 4y ago
  I am running on python and AWS Lambda. Works really smooth battle tested it with 100 pdf pages and 400 fields to be merged and the Pdf is generated within 2 seconds. And I am currently using one of the lowest resource settings on AWS Lambda. I am mostly using pikepdf and the a lot of secret sauce added ;)
- ibdf 4y ago
  I am not OP but pdftk is one of the best libraries I found for this. You can package the binary and run it on a server somewhere.

22 points by dnnsthnnr 4y ago

madisonmay 4y ago

Awesome idea, but website seems unstable. Wasn't able to login after sign-up :/

dnnsthnnr 4y ago
Yes I still have problems with the activation mail. Need to fix this, currently rely on my own SMTP which is not a good idea. Should move to a service. Is it working for you now?
- madisonmay 4y ago
  I'm getting a variety of CORS errors in console. Maybe this helps: ``` Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'https://api.doqs.dev/v1/organization https://api.doqs.dev/v1/organization' from origin 'https://app.doqs.dev https://app.doqs.dev' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. ```
  - dnnsthnnr 4y ago
    Omg, thats awkward. Should not have happened. Its working now :)

mutt2016 4y ago

I've been looking for a library similar to this. Love the idea, but cannot post to SaaS. Too bad it's subscription only

dnnsthnnr 4y ago
Why can't you post to a SaaS? Would love to know more.
- madisonmay 4y ago
  Guessing data security constraints -- I'm likely in a similar boat.
Tadelsucht 4y ago
Then you might be interested in my application that I posted here the other day. It's mainly a GUI application for power users, but it also has a console application so you can integrate it into your workflow. The JSON support I had added as an additional feature, but to my knowledge it is not used by anyone yet (at least I had no support mails about it). Oh, and it works without cloud and can be used completely offline (after one-time online activation, if you want to remove the demo watermark). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31999358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31999358

daniel1969 4y ago

I am curious what is your tech setup? Running on the dedicated server or cloud, which programming languages and libraries are you using?

dnnsthnnr 4y ago
I am running on python and AWS Lambda. Works really smooth battle tested it with 100 pdf pages and 400 fields to be merged and the Pdf is generated within 2 seconds. And I am currently using one of the lowest resource settings on AWS Lambda. I am mostly using pikepdf and the a lot of secret sauce added ;)
ibdf 4y ago
I am not OP but pdftk is one of the best libraries I found for this. You can package the binary and run it on a server somewhere.