hi!
Is this possible with jsreportonline or do i need to run my own server?
yes, this is possible with both jsreportonline and your own server
Can i use jsreport-client in combination with jsreportonline server and how do i authenticate etc?
yes, you can use jsreport nodejs client with jsreportonline too, using it will look something like this:
// instead of "https://bjrmatos9.jsreportonline.net/" put here the URL of your jsreportonline account, and your credentials
const client = require('jsreport-client')('https://bjrmatos9.jsreportonline.net/', 'admin', 'password')
client.render({
...your options here...
}).then((response) => {
// response is a stream, you can use it and save it to disk
response.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('/some/path/to/store.pdf'))
}).catch((err) => console.error(err))
Or can i just adjust my existing code so that instead of triggering a browser download i get a stream that i can save to disk or something?
i think you just need to change this part of your code
request(options).pipe(res);
to this
request(options).pipe(fs.createWriteStream('/some/path/to/store.pdf'))
of course if this is your production code, make sure to add correct error handling when handling the streams
