Help with WKHTMLTOPDF

justin423 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Can't figure out how to use WKHTMLTOPDF and getting a hash error

Here is the code with 3 different methods, but none work and seem to be relating to what is surrounding the filenames

 
use WKHTMLTOPDF;
$filename='test.html';
$path='/temp/';
$inputfile="$path$filename";
$outputfilename='TEST';
$ext='.pdf';
$outputfile="$path$outputfilename$ext";
my $pdf = new WKHTMLTOPDF;
$pdf->_input_file('/temp/TEST.html');
$pdf->_output_file('/temp/TEST.pdf');
$pdf->_input_file('$inputfile');
$pdf->_output_file('$outputfile');
$pdf->grayscale(1);
$pdf->generate;

#system ("cd C:\Program Files\wkhtmltopdf\bin");
#system ('start "C:\Program Files\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf $inputfi
+le $outputfile"');
#system ('start "C:\Program Files\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf /temp/TE
+ST.html /temp/TEST.pdf"');
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Here is the error message

couldn't find command '/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf' at C:/Strawberry/perl/sit
+e/lib/MooseX/Role/Cmd.pm line 117.
        MooseX::Role::Cmd::run(WKHTMLTOPDF=HASH(0x6759d0), "/temp/TEST
+.html", "/temp/TEST.pdf") called at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/WKHTM
+LTOPDF.pm line 645
        WKHTMLTOPDF::generate(WKHTMLTOPDF=HASH(0x6759d0)) called at ht
+mlpdf.pl line 15
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Re: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by kcott (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2023 at 00:03 UTC
G'day justin423, "`couldn't find command '/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf' at ...`" The documentation for WKHTMLTOPDF shows `/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf` as the default. You appear to be on an MSWin system so it's unlikely that path would exist. It provides a bin_name to change that. I'd suggest starting there. You've also got a whole swag of other issues that I recommend you address. Here's a few that stand out; there could well be others. Missing `strict` and `warnings` pragmata. Use of package variables. Indirect object notation. `_input_file()` and `_output_file()` methods are repeated. Non-interpolating single quotes around variables. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2023 at 00:53 UTC
You've also got a whole swag of other issues that I recommend you address ... `strict` and `warnings` ... Though I hope to be proved wrong, based on the op's most recent question pattern matching once (see also my reply), I don't like our chances of seeing these glaring issues addressed. 👁️🍾👍🦟	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by justin423 (Scribe) on Dec 08, 2023 at 01:52 UTC
Same error even with it reinstalled in the Strawberry directory #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use WKHTMLTOPDF; my $filename='test.html'; my $path='/temp/'; my $inputfile="$path$filename"; my $outputfilename='test'; my $ext='.pdf'; my $outputfile="$path$outputfilename$ext"; my $pdf = new WKHTMLTOPDF; my $path1='/Strawberry/wkhtmltopdf/bin/'; $pdf->bin_name($path1); $pdf->_input_file('/temp/TEST.html'); $pdf->_output_file('/temp/TEST.pdf'); $pdf->_input_file($inputfile); $pdf->_output_file($outputfile); $pdf->grayscale(1); $pdf->generate; <code> couldn't find command '/Strawberry/wkhtmltopdf/bin/' at C:/Strawberry/ +perl/site/lib/MooseX/Role/Cmd.pm line 117. MooseX::Role::Cmd::run(WKHTMLTOPDF=HASH(0x6d59d0), "/temp/test +.html", "/temp/test.pdf") called at C:/Strawberry/perl/site/lib/WKHTM +LTOPDF.pm line 645 WKHTMLTOPDF::generate(WKHTMLTOPDF=HASH(0x6d59d0)) called at ht +mlpdf.pl line 20 [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by kcott (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2023 at 02:57 UTC
"`couldn't find command '/Strawberry/wkhtmltopdf/bin/' ...`" In "Re^2: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF" you identified the command as "`C:\Strawberry\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf`". Try using that. — Ken	[reply] [d/l] [select]
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Re^3: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by LanX (Saint) on Dec 08, 2023 at 02:51 UTC
> `couldn't find command '/Strawberry/wkhtmltopdf/bin/' at C:/Strawberry/perl/...` Do you see the difference at the start of those two paths? Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by kcott (Archbishop) on Dec 08, 2023 at 03:07 UTC
Re: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by LanX (Saint) on Dec 07, 2023 at 23:45 UTC
Did you install https://wkhtmltopdf.org/ and does it work from the command line? Looks to me like you are running it on windows but it defaults to a looking for the binary in the default Linux path: `/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf` . And according to the POD of `WKHTMLTOPDF` the method `bin_name` must be used to specify the non-default path to the binary. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by justin423 (Scribe) on Dec 08, 2023 at 02:14 UTC
Yes, it works from a command prompt. `C:\Strawberry\wkhtmltopdf\bin>wkhtmltopdf /temp/test.html /temp/test.p +df Loading pages (1/6) Counting pages (2/6) Resolving links (4/6) Loading headers and footers (5/6) Printing pages (6/6) Done Exit with code 1 due to network error: ProtocolUnknownError` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by soonix (Chancellor) on Dec 08, 2023 at 14:13 UTC
At a command prompt, enter `dir /b \wkhtmltopdf.exe /s` [download] (with attention to the right number of forward and backward slashes), and you should see what to tell `bin_name`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Help with WKHTMLTOPDF by justin423 (Scribe) on Dec 08, 2023 at 21:58 UTC
C:\temp>dir /b \wkhtmltopdf.exe /s C:\Program Files\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf.exe C:\Strawberry\wkhtmltopdf\bin\wkhtmltopdf.exe Just an FYI. I tried the source code on a Ubuntu box with no bin lines at all and it comes back with the same error. `Couldn't find command '/usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf' at /usr/local/share/perl/ +5.30.0/MooseX/Role/Cmd.pm line 117` [download] I think the bug is in the MooseX::Role module.	[reply] [d/l]