jsPDF ReferenceError: window is not defined

Question

I need to create a PDF in Javascript. I have found the npm Package "jsPDF". I have installed "jsPDF" with npm install jspdf. It succesfully installed, but when I execute the fowolling code:

const jspdf = require ('jspdf');
let doc = new jspdf();

doc.setFontSize(40);
doc.text(35, 25, 'PDF with jsPDF!');

I get an error which says ReferenceError: window is not defined.

Do anybody know what's wrong in my code or if some imports are missing?

Answer 1

The problem happen when jsPDF is used in server side. Check this pull request Refactor acroform.js so that it is working in node.js and enable tests for IE 11

Answer 2

What ended up working for me, since I was incorporating Server Side Rendering, was creating an environment variable to see if I was in the browser then wrapping your code above with this flag.

if(process.env.BROWSER){
    const jspdf = require ('jspdf');
    let doc = new jspdf();

    doc.setFontSize(40);
    doc.text(35, 25, 'PDF with jsPDF!');
 }