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DynamicPDF API's Portal

· 3 min read
James A Brannan
Developer Evangelist

DynamicPDF is excited to announce our new Portal has been redesigned to make working with the DynamicPDF API more intuitive. We are also happy to announce the renaming of the DynamicPDF Cloud API to DynamicPDF API and our new home: https://dpdf.io.

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DynamicPDF Cloud API Becomes DynamicPDF API

DynamicPDF announces our new name, DynamicPDF API. Since launching the DynamicPDF Cloud API last year, people worldwide have used it to create and manipulate PDF documents and reports. Our mission at the DynamicPDF Cloud API has always been to provide an easy-to-use web interface for organizations wishing to capitalize on our powerful flagship product, DynamicPDF Core Suite, without worrying about installing and managing desktop software. To reflect DynamicPDF's goals, the DynamicPDF Cloud API will now be known as the DynamicPDF API. This name change better reflects the current trend, where cloud computing is so ubiquitous that adding cloud to our name felt redundant.

The DynamicPDF API also changed its domains to:

Portal

DynamicPDF API replaced the Environment Manager with our new and improved Portal. The Portal includes global font management, a more intuitive file manager, and other features improving your experience using the DynamicPDF API for all your PDF needs. Use the Portal to manage your organization's apps, API keys, plan, billing, files, and fonts and to review usage reports.

Using Axios Node.js with CloudAPI

· 4 min read
James A Brannan
Developer Evangelist

A client asked how to call the dlex-layout endpoint using the Axios library rather than the DynamicPDF API's Node.js client library. In this tutorial, we illustrate how to send files and associated data by constructing a form and then using Axios to call the dlex-layout endpoint.

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Consider using The DynamicPDF API's node.js client library to make using the endpoints easier (DynamicPDF API - Node.js Client on NPM).

Dynamic Columns and Designer Reports - Part Two

· 10 min read
James A Brannan
Developer Evangelist

DynamicPDF Designer is a powerful graphical editing tool for creating a DLEX XML specification that, when processed, creates a PDF document. You can also programmatically create a DLEX specification to format a report dynamically. Here, we show how to dynamically create a columnar report.

This post is part two of a two-part blog post. In this post, we programmatically add columns to a DLEX from (almost) scratch.

In the last post (Dynamic Columns and Designer Reports - Part One), we modified an existing DLEX file to remove and move columns in an existing DLEX document. But many times, you might wish to create a DLEX programmatically from scratch. Here, we illustrate making a DLEX file dynamically from a bare-bones DLEX document.

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Creating and modifying a DLEX from scratch is tedious and error-prone. If possible, you should use DynamicPDF Designer Online.

We start with a bare-bones DLEX file, report-with-cover-page.json, and use the DynamicPDF API C# Client library, available on GitHub or as a NuGet package.

We use the client library to create a PDF using the pdf endpoint. We also use Microsoft's System.XML namespace.