How to convert from string into pdf?

Question

Currently I\'m using Restful service in asp.net c# and the following is the pdf string return that I get, I would like to convert it and save i

Answer 1

using (Stream stream = ... fetch the stream from somewhere)
{
    byte[] buffer = new byte[stream.Length];
    stream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
    File.WriteAllBytes("foo.pdf", buffer);
}

and if this RESTful service talks HTTP you could use a WebClient:

using (var client = new WebClient())
{
    client.DownloadFile("http://example.com/api", "foo.pdf");
}

Answer 2

I had this situation and I solved using iTextSharp to generate the pdf and to save in disk.

public void GeneratePdf(string htmlPdf)
{
    var pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10f, 10f, 10f, 0f);
    var htmlparser = new HTMLWorker(pdfDoc);
    using (var memoryStream = new MemoryStream())
    {
        var writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, memoryStream);
        pdfDoc.Open();

        htmlparser.Parse(new StringReader(htmlPdf));
        pdfDoc.Close();

        byte[] bytes = memoryStream.ToArray();
        File.WriteAllBytes(@"C:\file.pdf", bytes);

        memoryStream.Close();
    }
}

Answer 3

Sharppdf ? http://sourceforge.net/projects/sharppdf/