# InvoicePrinter Library ## Usage The simplest way how to create your invoice PDF is to create an invoice object and pass it to printer: ```ruby item = InvoicePrinter::Document::Item.new( ... ) invoice = InvoicePrinter::Document.new( ... items: [item, ...] ) InvoicePrinter.print( document: invoice, file_name: 'invoice.pdf' ) # Or render PDF directly InvoicePrinter.render( document: invoice ) ``` Here is an full example for creating the document object: ```ruby item = InvoicePrinter::Document::Item.new( name: 'Web consultation', breakdown: 'Excludes 1h free consultation', quantity: nil, unit: 'hours', price: '$ 25', tax: '$ 1', amount: '$ 100' ) provider_address = <<~ADDRESS Rolnická 1 747 05 Opava Kateřinky ADDRESS invoice = InvoicePrinter::Document.new( number: '201604030001', provider_name: 'Business s.r.o.', provider_tax_id: '56565656', provider_tax_id2: '465454', provider_lines: provider_address, purchaser_name: 'Adam', purchaser_tax_id: '', purchaser_tax_id2: '', purchaser_lines: "Ostravská 1\n747 70 Opava", issue_date: '19/03/3939', due_date: '19/03/3939', subtotal: '175', tax: '5', tax2: '10', tax3: '20', total: '$ 200', bank_account_number: '156546546465', account_iban: 'IBAN464545645', account_swift: 'SWIFT5456', description: 'We are invoicing the following items:', items: [item], note: 'A note...' ) ``` **Note**: `provider_lines` and `purchaser_lines` are 4 lines of data separated by new line character`\n`. Other lines are being stripped. **Note**: There is `variable` field that can be used for any extra column. ### Ruby on Rails If you want to use InvoicePrinter for printing PDF documents directly from Rails actions, you can: ```ruby # GET /invoices/1 def show invoice = InvoicePrinter::Document.new(...) respond_to do |format| format.pdf { @pdf = InvoicePrinter.render( document: invoice ) send_data @pdf, type: 'application/pdf', disposition: 'inline' } end end ``` ### JSON format JSON format is supported via `from_json` method. JSON itself mimicks the original Ruby objects: ```ruby json = InvoicePrinter::Document.new(...).to_json document = InvoicePrinter::Document.from_json(json) InvoicePrinter.print( document: document, ... ) ``` ## Customization ### Page size Both A4 and US letter is supported. Just pass `page_size` as an argument to `print` or `render` methods: ```ruby InvoicePrinter.print( document: invoice, labels: labels, page_size: :a4, file_name: 'invoice.pdf' ) ``` `:letter` is the default. ### Localization To localize your documents you can set both global defaults or instance overrides: ```ruby InvoicePrinter.labels = { provider: 'Dodavatel' } labels = { purchaser: 'Customer' } InvoicePrinter.print( document: invoice, labels: labels, file_name: 'invoice.pdf' ) ``` Here is the full list of labels to configure. You can paste and edit this block to `initializers/invoice_printer.rb` if you are using Rails. ```ruby InvoicePrinter.labels = { name: 'Invoice', provider: 'Provider', purchaser: 'Purchaser', tax_id: 'Identification number', tax_id2: 'Identification number', payment: 'Payment', payment_by_transfer: 'Payment by bank transfer on the account below:', payment_in_cash: 'Payment in cash', account_number: 'Account NO', swift: 'SWIFT', iban: 'IBAN', issue_date: 'Issue date', due_date: 'Due date', variable_symbol: 'Variable symbol', item: 'Item', variable: '', quantity: 'Quantity', unit: 'Unit', price_per_item: 'Price per item', amount: 'Amount', tax: 'Tax', tax2: 'Tax 2', tax3: 'Tax 3', subtotal: 'Subtotal', total: 'Total' } ``` **Note:** `variable` fields lack default label. You should provide one. You can also use sublabels feature to provide the document in two languages: ```ruby labels = { ... } sublabels = { name: 'Faktura', provider: 'Prodejce', purchaser: 'Kupující', tax_id: 'IČ', tax_id2: 'DIČ', payment: 'Forma úhrady', payment_by_transfer: 'Platba na následující účet:', account_number: 'Číslo účtu', issue_date: 'Datum vydání', due_date: 'Datum splatnosti', variable_symbol: 'Variabilní symbol', item: 'Položka', variable: '', quantity: 'Počet', unit: 'MJ', price_per_item: 'Cena za položku', amount: 'Celkem bez daně', subtotal: 'Cena bez daně', tax: 'DPH 21 %', total: 'Celkem' } labels.merge!({ sublabels: sublabels }) ... ``` Now the document will have little sublabels next to the original labels in Czech. ### Font To support specific characters you might need to specify a TTF font to be used: ```ruby InvoicePrinter.print( ... font: File.expand_path('../Overpass-Regular.ttf', __FILE__) ) ``` If you don't have a font around, you can install `invoice_printer_fonts` gem and specify the supported font name instead: ```ruby InvoicePrinter.print( document: invoice, font: "roboto" ) ``` Supported builtin fonts are: `overpass`, `opensans`, and `roboto`. Note that searching the path takes preference. ### Background To include a background image you might need to create the file according to the size and resolution to be used (see: [examples/background.png](https://github.com/strzibny/invoice_printer/blob/master/examples/background.png)): ``` ruby InvoicePrinter.print( ... background: File.expand_path('../background.png', __FILE__) ) ```