## MedplumClientOptions.createPdf property [​](/content/docs/sdk/core.medplumclientoptions.createpdf#medplumclientoptionscreatepdf-property "Direct link to MedplumClientOptions.createPdf property"/index.html)

Create PDF implementation.

Default is none, and PDF generation is disabled.

**Signature:**

```typescript
createPdf?: CreatePdfFunction;
```

## Example 1 [​](/content/docs/sdk/core.medplumclientoptions.createpdf#example-1 "Direct link to Example 1"/index.html)

In browser environments, import the client-side pdfmake library.

```html
<script src="pdfmake.min.js"></script>

<script>

async function createPdf(docDefinition, tableLayouts, fonts) {

return new Promise((resolve) => {

pdfMake.createPdf(docDefinition, tableLayouts, fonts).getBlob(resolve);

});

}

</script>
```

## Example 2 [​](/content/docs/sdk/core.medplumclientoptions.createpdf#example-2 "Direct link to Example 2"/index.html)

In Node.js applications:

```ts
import type { CustomTableLayout, TDocumentDefinitions, TFontDictionary } from 'pdfmake/interfaces';

function createPdf(

docDefinition: TDocumentDefinitions,

tableLayouts?: { [name: string]: CustomTableLayout },

fonts?: TFontDictionary
): Promise<Buffer> {

return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

const printer = new PdfPrinter(fonts ?? {});

const pdfDoc = printer.createPdfKitDocument(docDefinition, { tableLayouts });

const chunks: Uint8Array[] = [];

pdfDoc.on('data', (chunk: Uint8Array) => chunks.push(chunk));

pdfDoc.on('end', () => resolve(Buffer.concat(chunks)));

pdfDoc.on('error', reject);

pdfDoc.end();

});
}
```

- [MedplumClientOptions.createPdf property](/content/docs/sdk/core.medplumclientoptions.createpdf#medplumclientoptionscreatepdf-property/index.html)
- [Example 1](/content/docs/sdk/core.medplumclientoptions.createpdf#example-1/index.html)
- [Example 2](/content/docs/sdk/core.medplumclientoptions.createpdf#example-2/index.html)