Introducing pdf-service: A PDF Generation Microservice with Symfony 7

I'm excited to present pdf-service, a new open source project I just published on GitHub. It's a modern and efficient microservice for generating PDFs from HTML content, built with Symfony 7.2 and Chrome Headless.

🚀 Key Features

• Based on Symfony 7.2 and FrankenPHP
• Uses Chrome Headless via browserless/chrome
• Hexagonal Architecture
• Simple and intuitive REST API
• Full Docker containerization
• Next.js 15 demo application included

💡 Use Cases

• Invoice generation
• Report exports
• Document creation from HTML templates
• Web page archiving to PDF
• Certificate and statement generation

🛠️ Technologies Used

• Backend: Symfony 7.2, PHP 8.2+
• Server: FrankenPHP
• PDF: Chrome Headless (browserless)
• Demo: Next.js 15 with Bun
• Containerization: Docker & Docker Compose

🔧 Quick Installation

bash

📝 Usage Example

bash

🎯 Strong Points

• Performance: Optimized for fast PDF generation
• Flexibility: Extensive configuration options
• Modern: Using latest technology versions
• Maintainable: Hexagonal architecture and automated tests
• Secure: Strict input validation and error handling
• Documented: Complete documentation and usage examples

🔜 Coming Soon

I plan to publish a detailed technical article soon that will explain in depth:

• Project architecture
• Technical choices
• Used patterns
• Implemented best practices
• Advanced use cases
• Possible optimizations

🤝 Contributing

The project is open source under MIT license. Feel free to:

• ⭐ Star the repository
• 🐛 Report bugs
• 💡 Suggest improvements
• 🔧 Contribute to the code

📚 More Information

For more details, check out:

• The GitHub repository
• Documentation in the README
• The included demo application

A detailed technical article will follow soon to explain all aspects of the project in depth. Stay tuned! 🚀