I’m using the pdf-lib Javascript library to generate PDF files, but the API reference material is not very good for getting a sense of what the library can do at-a-glance. This is my reference cheat sheet (WIP)
PDFPage Drawing Operations
Access these through calls like page.drawCircle({x:10, y:10, size:100})
Shared Options
all operators
opacity, blendMode
shape fill
color
shape stroke
borderWidth, borderColor
shape stroke styles
borderDashArray, borderDashPhase, borderLineCap
Drawing Operations
drawCircle(opt)
{ x, y, size }
drawSquare(opt)
{ x, y, size }
drawRectangle(opt)
{ x, y, xSkew, ySkew, width, height }
drawSvgPath( svgPath, opt )
{ x, y, scale, rotate }
drawLine(opt)
{ x, y, opacity, blendMod, start, end, thickness, dashArray, dashPhase, lineCap }
drawEllipse(opt)
{ x, y, xScale, yScale, rotate }
drawImage(pdfImage, opt)
{ x, y }
drawPage(embeddedPage, opt)
{ x, y, xScale, yScale, width, height, rotate, xSkew, ySkew }
drawText(textString, opt)
{ x, y, font, size, color, rotate, xSkew, ySkew, lineHeight, maxWidth, wordBreaks }
PDFPage Object Metrics
Used to get or set information about an object’s’ position, scale, or rotation. Also retrieve bounding box information and applying elative positioning.
Box Getters/Setters
getArtBox
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getBleedBox
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getCropBox
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getMediaBox
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getTrimBox
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setArtBox
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setBleedBox
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setCropBox
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setMediaBox
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setTrimBox
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Dimension Getters/Setters
getHeight
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getWidth
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getSize
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setHeight
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setWidth
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setSize
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Position Getters
getPosition
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getX
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getY
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Relative Positioning
moveDown
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moveLeft
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moveRight
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moveTo
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moveUp
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resetPosition
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Transformations
scale
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scaleAnnotations
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scaleContent
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translateContent
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getRotation
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setRotation
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PDFPage Font State
Font State
setFont
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setFontColor
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setFontSize
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setLineHeight
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Low-level Factory Methods
pushOperators
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create
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