Cannot create or view PDF

Heed · June 1, 2023, 6:51am

I have just performed a brand new install on Ubuntu 22.04 via docker compose.
After creating an invoice, if I click the “View PDF” , it gets an error
XMLHttpRequest error.
The preview of the PDF in the window shows the PDF file.

The env file has
APP_DEBUG=false
REQUIRE_HTTPS=false
PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=false
PDF_GENERATOR=snappdf
TRUSTED_PROXIES=‘*’

hillel · June 1, 2023, 7:05am

Hi,

It may help to change to the hosted_ninja PDF generator.

Heed · June 1, 2023, 10:59am

Being very new to this app, what PDF generator can be used and how would it be set up?

hillel · June 1, 2023, 11:42am

Using hosted_ninja doesn’t require any setup

Heed · June 1, 2023, 11:48am

Do you mean the Free Plan at https://invoicing.co/
or
Download the app from https://www.invoiceninja.org/

hillel · June 1, 2023, 12:08pm

In your .env file above you have this line:

PDF_GENERATOR=snappdf

I’m suggesting you change it to:

PDF_GENERATOR=hosted_ninja

Heed · June 1, 2023, 1:05pm

Okay.
will try that tomorrow morning.

Thanks l

Heed · June 2, 2023, 12:59am

Thanks, that now works.

Now to compare this with Crater to see which one suits my circumstances best.

yaqoob · February 25, 2024, 2:43pm

Hey Hillel, I did change it to hosted_ninja in the .env. However I am still facing the same XMLHttpRequest error. These are my settings

APP_DEBUG=“false”
REQUIRE_HTTPS=“false”
PHANTOMJS_PDF_GENERATION=false
PDF_GENERATOR=hosted_ninja
TRUSTED_PROXIES=‘*’

is there anything wrong with these settings?

hillel · February 25, 2024, 3:18pm

I’d expect REQUIRE_HTTPS to be true, is the app running behind SSL?

yaqoob · February 25, 2024, 3:55pm

No I don’t have a domain to get SSL, I am learning to use invoice_ninja so I have just deployed it in ec2

hillel · February 25, 2024, 4:06pm

It may explain the error.

yaqoob · February 25, 2024, 4:13pm

Will be able to do a workaround instead of getting a domain? Since it is for testing purposes?

hillel · February 25, 2024, 4:17pm

If you can post the error details from the network tab in the browser it may help.

yaqoob · February 25, 2024, 4:26pm

Here you go, also i tried to self sign certificate, didnt work.

hillel · February 25, 2024, 4:35pm

@david do you know a way to workaround this without a valid cert?

david · February 25, 2024, 5:51pm

User a .test domain ie. ninja.test

yaqoob · February 25, 2024, 6:17pm

I am not able to comprehend

yaqoob · February 25, 2024, 6:35pm

can you be more specific @david

david · February 25, 2024, 6:49pm

Which http port are you connecting over? 80 or 443?

From the limited screen shots it looks like you are connecting over https but the backend is configured on http

If you are running on a public network, and do not want to use a proper domain, then move this installation to a local environment where you can by pass all of this.

You can use the .test tld locally and you will not have any of these issues.