Server-side pdf rendering

[scape76]

Is there a way to render a PDF file based on editor's value on the server? I found no documentation on it, only a client-side example by rendering canvas first and then using pdf-lib, which is not the best UX

[scape76]

And if there is no built-in way to do this at the moment, what will be a better way to do this? Using headless browser for this feels like an overkill

[dosubot[bot]]

There's no built-in way to do server-side PDF rendering in the open-source Plate codebase. The recommended open approach is to use Plate's static rendering (PlateStatic/serializeHtml) to generate HTML on the server, then convert that HTML to PDF using a tool like Puppeteer or Playwright. This does require a headless browser, but it's the most reliable way to preserve layout and styles for complex content. Direct PDF libraries (like pdf-lib or jsPDF) can't match the fidelity for rich documents. If you want to avoid a headless browser entirely, you could try libraries like pdfmake or node-html-pdf, but they often struggle with advanced HTML/CSS and may not give good results for Plate content.
More details on static rendering: docs/guides/static-rendering
Export example: export-toolbar-button.tsx

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