Replace Images with Higher Quality Images

EVO HTML to PDF Converter allows you to replace in the generated PDF document the original images from HTML document with higher quality images from the local file system. This feature is based on capability of the converter to retrieve the position in the generated PDF document of the image from HTML document as documented in the Select in API the HTML Elements to Retrieve section.

Code Sample - Replace Images from HTML with Higher Quality Images in PDF

C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;

// Use EVO PDF Namespace
using EvoPdfClient;

namespace EvoHtmlToPdfDemo.Controllers.HTML_to_PDF.Images_Quality
{
    public class Replace_with_Higher_Quality_ImagesController : Controller
    {
        private readonly Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IWebHostEnvironment m_hostingEnvironment;
        public Replace_with_Higher_Quality_ImagesController(IWebHostEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
        {
            m_hostingEnvironment = hostingEnvironment;
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult ConvertHtmlToPdf(IFormCollection collection)
        {
            // Get the server options
            string serverIP = collection["textBoxServerIP"];
            uint serverPort = uint.Parse(collection["textBoxServerPort"]);
            string servicePassword = collection["textBoxServicePassword"];
            bool useServicePassword = servicePassword.Length > 0;
            bool useTcpService = collection["ServerType"] == "radioButtonUseTcpService";
            string webServiceUrl = collection["textBoxWebServiceUrl"];

            // Create the HTML to PDF converter object
            HtmlToPdfConverter htmlToPdfConverter = null;
            if (useTcpService)
                htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(serverIP, serverPort);
            else
                htmlToPdfConverter = new HtmlToPdfConverter(true, webServiceUrl);

            // Set optional service password
            if (useServicePassword)
                htmlToPdfConverter.ServicePassword = servicePassword;

            // Set license key received after purchase to use the converter in licensed mode
            // Leave it not set to use the converter in demo mode
            htmlToPdfConverter.LicenseKey = "4W9+bn19bn5ue2B+bn1/YH98YHd3d3c=";

            // Set an adddional delay in seconds to wait for JavaScript or AJAX calls after page load completed
            // Set this property to 0 if you don't need to wait for such asynchcronous operations to finish
            htmlToPdfConverter.ConversionDelay = 2;

            // Select all images from HTML page
            htmlToPdfConverter.HtmlElementsMappingOptions.HtmlElementSelectors = new string[] { "img" };

            // Exclude the original images from rendering becuase they will be replaced by an image from local file system
            htmlToPdfConverter.HiddenHtmlElementsSelectors = new string[] { "img" };

            // Convert a HTML string with images to replace to a PDF document object
            Document pdfDocument = htmlToPdfConverter.ConvertUrlToPdfDocumentObject(collection["urlTextBox"]);

            // Replace the images selected in HTML using special attributes with images from local file system
            int mappingsCount = htmlToPdfConverter.HtmlElementsMappingOptions.HtmlElementsMappingResult.Count;
            for (int i = 0; i < mappingsCount; i++)
            {
                HtmlElementMapping imageElementInfo = htmlToPdfConverter.HtmlElementsMappingOptions.HtmlElementsMappingResult.GetByIndex(i);
                PdfPage imagePdfPage = pdfDocument.GetPage(imageElementInfo.PdfRectangles[0].PageIndex);
                RectangleFloat imageRectangle = imageElementInfo.PdfRectangles[0].Rectangle;

                ImageElement newImageElement = new ImageElement(imageRectangle.X, imageRectangle.Y, imageRectangle.Width, imageRectangle.Height,
                                m_hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath + "/wwwroot" + "/DemoAppFiles/Input/Images/box.jpg");
                newImageElement.EnlargeEnabled = true;
                imagePdfPage.AddElement(newImageElement);
            }

            // Save the PDF document in a memory buffer
            byte[] outPdfBuffer = pdfDocument.Save();

            // Send the PDF file to browser
            FileResult fileResult = new FileContentResult(outPdfBuffer, "application/pdf");
            fileResult.FileDownloadName = "Replace_with_Higher_Quality_Images.pdf";

            return fileResult;
        }
    }
}

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