cv2pdf

Convert a Markdown CV to PDF.

Install:

Requirements:

• Node.js

$ npm install -g cv2pdf

Usage

Command line

Options:

• --out | -o: output filename
• --css | -c: custom css
• --html | -h: whether to save an html file
• --watch | -w: converts everytime the file is saved
• --help: show usage

# basic example
$ cv2pdf cv.md

# change the output filename
$ cv2pdf --out=cv-latest.pdf cv.md

# save only the html and apply custom css
$ cv2pdf --html --css=style.css cv.md

# convert to html everytime the file is saved
$ cv2pdf --watch --html cv.md

Programmatic

var Cv2Pdf = require('cv2pdf');

// basic example
var cv2pdf = new Cv2Pdf('cv.md');
cv2pdf.convert();

// change the output filename
var cv2pdf = new Cv2Pdf('cv.md', {out: 'cv-latest.pdf'});
cv2pdf.convert();

// save only the html and apply custom css
var cv2pdf = new Cv2Pdf('cv.md', {html: true, css: 'style.css'});
cv2pdf.convert();

// this method is asynchronous
cv2pdf.convert(function () {
  console.log('Done!');
});

// watch modifications on a file, also asynchronous
cv2pdf.watch(function (err) {
  if (err) return console.error(err);
  console.log('Last converted: ' + Date.now());
});

Styling

Apart from all the HTML tags you can style, the PDF will also render a footer for each page with the class page-footer:

<span class="page-footer">1 / 3</span>

License

Public Domain

Acknowledgments

• default CSS based on jasonm23/markdown-css-themes