Node JS

This part describes an example of using Stimulsoft in Node.js applications. In this case, you can use only the report engine without the visual components, such as the report designer and viewer.

Create a Node.js project In the terminal, navigate to the directory where you want to place the new project. Then, run the following command.

The application settings can be left at default or modified as needed.

Install Stimulsoft components

First, you need to download the Stimulsoft package. If you need reporting tools, you should download the Stimulsoft Reports.JS package. If you need reporting tools and dashboards, you should download the Stimulsoft Dashboards.JS package. For this, run the following command.

Create a file project This can be any js file, for example index.js.

Add reports to the project Copy the folder with reports to the project. For example, the reports folder will contain the report file Invoice.mrt.

Integrate Stimulsoft into the application To do this, edit the index.js file in the project’s folder. First, you need to import the Stimulsoft module. Then, create a StiReport() object, load the report into it, build it and export it as a PDF file.

index.js

var Stimulsoft = require("stimulsoft-dashboards-js");

var report = new Stimulsoft.Report.StiReport();
report.loadFile("reports/Invoice.mrt");

report.renderAsync(function () {
    report.exportDocumentAsync(function (data) {
        var buffer = new Buffer.from(data, "utf-8");
        var fs = require("fs");
        fs.writeFileSync("Invoice.pdf", buffer);
    }, Stimulsoft.Report.StiExportFormat.Pdf);
});

First Start To do this, run the project file in the Node.js