How to Create PDF dynamically with Images using JAVA

In this video tutorial I have shown how you can generate PDF using JAVA.

This project need the jar itextpdf-5.1.0 jar to be added in Class path

Project Structure

Code to create simple PDF File
Create_PDF.java

package com.chillyfacts.com;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class Create_PDF {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
    	String FILE_NAME = "E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.pdf";
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(new File(FILE_NAME)));
            document.open();
            Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
            p.add("Text 1");
            p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            document.add(p);
            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.add("Text 2"); //no alignment
            document.add(p2);
            Font f = new Font();
            f.setStyle(Font.BOLD);
            f.setSize(8);
            document.add(new Paragraph("This is my paragraph 3", f));
            document.add(Image.getInstance("E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.png"));
            document.close();
            System.out.println("Done");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } 
    }
}

The above code will generate Image in location E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.pdf.

Create PDF file using data from MySQL Database.
Connection class will connect to a database ‘test’ from MySQL
DBConnection.java

package com.chillyfacts.com;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;
public class DBConnection {
    public Connection getConnection() {
        Connection connection = null;
        System.out.println("Connection called");
        try {
            Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
            connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test", "root", "root");
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (SQLException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return connection;
    }
}

Create_PDF_FROM_DB.java

package com.chillyfacts.com;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;
import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class Create_PDF_FROM_DB {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String FILE_NAME = "E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts_DB.pdf";
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(new File(FILE_NAME)));
            document.open();
            Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
            p.add("Text 1");
            p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            document.add(p);
            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
            p2.add("Text 2"); //no alignment
            document.add(p2);
            Font f = new Font();
            f.setStyle(Font.BOLD);
            f.setSize(8);
            document.add(new Paragraph("This is my paragraph 3", f));
            document.add(Image.getInstance("E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.png"));
            DBConnection obj_DBConnection = new DBConnection();
            Connection connection = obj_DBConnection.getConnection();
            String query = "select * from date_time";
            Statement stmt = null;
            stmt = connection.createStatement();
            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(query);
            Paragraph p3 = null;
            while (rs.next()) {
                p3 = new Paragraph();
                p3.add(rs.getString("date_time"));
                document.add(p3);
            }
            document.close();
            System.out.println("Done");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

The above code will generate a PDF with data from Database.

Create simple pdf in JSP Page.

<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Image"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Font"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Element"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Document"%>
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
 pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Insert title here</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter writer=PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
document.open();
Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
p.add("Text 1");
p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
document.add(p);
Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
p2.add("Text 2"); //no alignment
document.add(p2);
Font f = new Font();
f.setStyle(Font.BOLD);
f.setSize(8);
document.add(new Paragraph("This is my paragraph 3", f));
document.add(Image.getInstance("E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.png"));
document.close();
%>
</body>
</html>

http://localhost:8080/Create_Pdf/Create_PDF.jsp

Create PDF in JSP page with data from MySQL database
Create_PDF_DB.jsp

<%@page import="java.sql.ResultSet"%>
<%@page import="java.sql.Statement"%>
<%@page import="java.sql.Connection"%>
<%@page import="com.chillyfacts.com.DBConnection"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Image"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Font"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Element"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Document"%>
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
 pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Insert title here</title>
</head>
<body>
<%
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter writer=PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
document.open();
Paragraph p = new Paragraph();
p.add("Text 1");
p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
document.add(p);
Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph();
p2.add("Text 2"); //no alignment
document.add(p2);
Font f = new Font();
f.setStyle(Font.BOLD);
f.setSize(8);
document.add(new Paragraph("This is my paragraph 3", f));
document.add(Image.getInstance("E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.png"));
DBConnection obj_DBConnection=new DBConnection();
Connection connection=obj_DBConnection.getConnection();
String query="select * from date_time"; 
Statement stmt = null;
stmt = connection.createStatement(); 
ResultSet rs=stmt.executeQuery(query);
Paragraph p3=null;
while(rs.next()){
 p3 = new Paragraph();
 p3.add(rs.getString("date_time")); 
 document.add(p3);
}
document.close();
%>
</body>
</html>

Designed PDF page with Table and Borders added.

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Document"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDocument"%>
<%@page import="java.io.File"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPage"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable"%>
<%@page import="java.io.FileOutputStream"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Element"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Image"%>
<%@page import="java.net.URL"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Font"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Phrase"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Chunk"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte"%>
<%@page import="com.itextpdf.text.pdf.BaseFont"%>
<%@page import="java.util.List"%>
<%@page import="java.util.Iterator"%><html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
<title>Insert title here</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<%
response.setContentType("application/pdf");
Rectangle pageSize = new Rectangle(780, 525);
Document document = new Document(pageSize);
PdfWriter writer=PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
//PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream());
document.open();
//document.addHeader("jinu","jawad");
float[] colsWidth1 = {1f, 1f, 1f,1f,1f}; // Code 1
//Image image = Image.getInstance(path+"employee/payslip/view/fly-hind.jpg");
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(colsWidth1);
table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(0);
table.setWidthPercentage(100); // Code 2
table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);//Code 3
table.addCell("");
table.addCell("");
table.addCell("Pay Slip For The Month December");
table.addCell("");
table.addCell("");
document.add(table);
document.add( Chunk.NEWLINE );
document.add( Chunk.NEWLINE );
float[] colsWidth_main = {1f, 1f, 1f}; // Code 1
table = new PdfPTable(colsWidth_main);
table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(0);
table.setWidthPercentage(100); // Code 2
table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);//Code 3
table.addCell("");
table.addCell(Image.getInstance("E:\\java_pdf\\chillyfacts.png"));
table.addCell("");
document.add(table);
float[] colsWidth = {1f, 1f, 1f, 1f}; // Code 1
table = new PdfPTable(colsWidth);
table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(0);
table.setWidthPercentage(100); // Code 2
table.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);//Code 3
table.addCell("Employee ID");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Name");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Department");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Designation");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Date Of Joining");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("PF Account No");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Days Worked");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("ESI Account Number");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Casual Leave");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("Adhar Number");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell("PAN Number");
table.addCell("00000");
table.addCell(" ");
table.addCell(" ");
table.addCell(" ");
table.addCell(" ");
document.add(table);
document.add( Chunk.NEWLINE );
document.add( Chunk.NEWLINE );
Font boldFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12, Font.BOLD);
PdfPTable table1 = new PdfPTable(colsWidth);
table1.setWidthPercentage(100); // Code 2
table1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);//Code 3
Phrase Earnings = new Phrase("Earnings", boldFont );
Phrase Amount = new Phrase("Amount", boldFont );
Phrase Deductions = new Phrase("Deductions", boldFont );
Phrase Amount1 = new Phrase("Amount1", boldFont );
Phrase total_earnings = new Phrase("Total Earning", boldFont );
Phrase total_deductions = new Phrase("Total Deductions", boldFont );
table1.addCell(Earnings);
table1.addCell(Amount);
table1.addCell(Deductions);
table1.addCell(Amount);
table1.addCell("Basic Pay");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("PF");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("HRA");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("ESI");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("Festival Allowance");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("Professional Taxes");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("Others");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell("Others");
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell(total_earnings);
table1.addCell("00000");
table1.addCell(total_deductions);
table1.addCell("00000");
document.add(table1);
PdfPTable table2 = new PdfPTable(colsWidth);
table2.setWidthPercentage(100); // Code 2
table2.getDefaultCell().setBorder(0);
table2.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);//Code 3
Phrase employers_signature = new Phrase("Employer's Signature", boldFont );
Phrase employees_signature = new Phrase("Employee's Signature", boldFont );
document.add( Chunk.NEWLINE );
table2.addCell(" ");
table2.addCell(" ");
table2.addCell(" ");
table2.addCell(" ");
table2.addCell(employers_signature);
table2.addCell("");
table2.addCell(employees_signature);
table2.addCell("");
document.add( Chunk.NEWLINE );
document.add(table2);
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
cb.setFontAndSize(BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.WINANSI, false), 24);
cb.setLineWidth(3);
cb.moveTo(10, 515);
cb.lineTo(770,515 );
cb.moveTo(10, 10);
cb.lineTo(770,10 );
cb.moveTo(770, 515);
cb.lineTo(770, 10);
cb.moveTo(10, 515);
cb.lineTo(10, 10);
cb.stroke();
document.close();
%>
</center>
</body>
</html>

The above code will generate PDF image in JSP page as,

Download the Complete project here
```
Create_Pdf.rar
```

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