Create

allows you to generate PDF via JSON

Create a new PDF file based on JSON input with optional form definition/data.
Repeatedly add pages to an existing PDF file serving an incremental PDF generation approach.
Append to content of specific pages.
Include page headers and footers.
Include boxes, images, text, tables.
Create a PDF form by including date fields, text fields, checkboxes, radio button groups, comboboxes and listboxes.
Supports Unicode / pdfcpu user fonts (installed Open/TrueType fonts).
Use layout guides and visible crop/content box through out the layout process.
Choose your preferred layout coordinate system.

Usage

pdfcpu create inFileJSON [ inFile ] outFile [flags]

name	description	required
inFileJSON	JSON input file	yes
inFile	PDF input file, use `-` to read from stdin	no
outFile	PDF output file, use `-` to write to stdout	yes

$ pdfcpu create --help

and

pdfcpu/pkg/testdata/json/*
pdfcpu/pkg/samples/create/*

Create a PDF and write it to stdout:

$ pdfcpu create invoice.json - \
   | aws s3 cp - s3://acme-billing/invoice.pdf

Overlay generated content onto a streamed input PDF:

$ aws s3 cp s3://acme-forms/template.pdf - \
   | pdfcpu create overlay.json - - \
   | aws s3 cp - s3://acme-forms/template-filled.pdf