Is it possible to get the current page in the html template?

[carlos64_]

Hi,
I've been looking at the @adobe/pdfservices-node-sdk documentation but I don't see anything related to getting the current page in the HTML.

Is it possible to get it from there? My idea is to make a custom footer and add the current page number along with other information.

[Test Screen Name]

It's generally considered that HTML is not divided into pages, but a continuous stream. A conversion of HTML to PDF will be in pages, but that is not a property of the HTML.

[carlos64_]

Hi, thanks for the reply

In the mPDF library, these variables {PAGENO}/{nbpg} can be used in the html, which are transformed into: current page / number of total pages. The includesHeaderFooter method of the adobe api generates something similar in the default footer.

That's why I'm asking if it's possible to get that in a custom footer.

Thank you in advance

[Test Screen Name]

Ah, so it isn't actually a page number for the HTML (which wouldn't mean anything), it's a dynamic reference to the page number it WILL have in the PDF when converted. I see now. I hope someone has a suggestion for you. {nbpg} is interesting. It's convenient, but requires either a complete dummy run just to get the total page count before starting, or going back over the converted pages to stamp them later on... sometimes nice things come at a big cost.

[carlos64_]

Correct, it's a dynamic reference. Sorry for my english.

There is an includesHeaderFooter method in the api, but it only adds the default adobe footer

So just to confirm, the api doesn't allow you to do that in a custom footer? Like this example

Thank you in advance

[Raymond Camden · Accepted solution]

This is not currently possible with the API.