# PDF from dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pdf-from-dashboard/77011>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** dashboard\
**Created:** [28 March 2023 09:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pdf-from-dashboard/77011 "2023-03-28T09:06:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dynamicdave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/dynamicdave/32/96_2.png) [@dynamicdave](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dynamicdave)\
**Post date:** [28 March 2023 12:19 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/pdf-from-dashboard/77011/3 "2023-03-28T12:19:00Z")

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Might be worth looking at this thread as it might give you some ideas of using the` pdfmake` node...

> [@Has anyone used the 'pdfmake' node to embed an image in a document?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/has-anyone-used-the-pdfmake-node-to-embed-an-image-in-a-document/74978):
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> I'm trying to use this node to create a PDF from a 'document description' as a project for my IoT students to automatically create a newsletter using text and images from external sources. So far text insertion works fine, the problem is inserting an image as per the supplied example with the node. With help from @zenofmud I have this flow which uses http-request to insert an external image (from a remote server or a server like NGINX on a local RPi) successfully in to a document.

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