How to generate and email PDF reports automatically on a schedule
📰 Dev.to · Custodia-Admin
Automate PDF report generation and emailing on a schedule without using Puppeteer or headless browsers
Action Steps
- Build a data pipeline to pull relevant data
- Render an HTML report using the pulled data
- Capture the HTML report as a PDF using a library like jsPDF or pdfMake
- Configure a scheduler like cron to automate the report generation and emailing process
- Test the scheduled pipeline to ensure it runs correctly and emails the report to stakeholders
Who Needs to Know This
DevOps and software engineering teams can benefit from automating report generation and emailing to stakeholders, saving time and increasing efficiency
Key Insight
💡 Use a scheduler like cron and a PDF generation library to automate report generation and emailing without relying on Puppeteer or headless browsers
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Key Takeaways
Automate PDF report generation and emailing on a schedule without using Puppeteer or headless browsers
Full Article
Build a scheduled pipeline that pulls data, renders an HTML report, captures it as a PDF, and emails it to stakeholders — weekly, daily, or on any cron schedule. No Puppeteer, no headless browser.
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