Using external libraries

Learn how to import external JavaScript libraries like Chart.js or Prism into your PDFMonkey templates to add syntax highlighting, charts, and dynamic rendering.

Paid account only

Including JavaScript based on their URL is only possible on a paid account. Documents including external JavaScript files will fail on a free account.

If you need to use a library that transforms your text, applies filters to images or say… inserts charts in your Document, you can import them like you would do in a normal HTML page.

Imagine you’re writing a technical documentation and you want to automatically add syntax highlighting. You could import the Prism library:

HTML

<pre><code class="language-ruby">class Greeter
  def say_hello(name: "Jane")
    puts "Hello #{name}!"
  end
end</code></pre>

<link href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.27.0/themes/prism.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.27.0/prism.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/prism/1.27.0/components/prism-ruby.min.js"></script>

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