How to access handlebars engine from jsreport-handlebars?

[rchancey]

IS there a way I can use handlebar helpers and add my own? any example of that?
https://github.com/helpers/handlebars-helpers

[bjrmatos]

how would I mark it as a 'shared helper' ? and where?

look at the example i linked, here is the option specifically:

in jsreport-core you will need to create the asset using document store api and when inserting the asset you can pass isSharedHelper: true to the object that is going to be inserted.

jsreport.documentStore.collection('assets').insert({
  name: 'shared-helpers.js',
  content: '<put here your functions>',
  isSharedHelper: true 
})

The playground is great but not good for how to set that up in code.. because the playground is doing a lot of things behind the scenes. What I am missing here is how to, in my reports.js pasted above, how to enable even 'assets'. I am importing assets as you can see: const assets = require('jsreport-assets'). According to the assets documentation I can do something like {#asset MyHelpersAssets.js}. Is that right?

our intention is not to teach how to use jsreport-core yet, because it is a low level library with docs that are not ready (yet) for someone to guide by himself, that is why we offer jsreport package that comes ready to use and with studio UI that simplifies a lot of things and can do everything that jsreport-core can do.

jsreport-core docs are not ready and lot of things are not mentioned there so if you for some reason prefer to use jsreport-core instead of jsreport you will quickly find questions when trying to do more advanced things and right now it is not our priority to answer questions about low level details of jsreport (even that, you can see that i'm trying to help you as much as possible with some of these low level details), it takes too much time to answer those kind of questions about jsreport-core when there is a package ready to use like jsreport

IS there a way I can use handlebar helpers and add my own? any example of that?

check the docs, there is a section where that is described, just install the package, ensure that you have this config enabled, then require it and use it inside the helpers section of the template.

you should try jsreport package directly if your intention is to develop reports quickly, but if you have the time to try to use jsreport-core directly then you should be ready to discover some things and details by yourself checking the code, tests available in our github repositories

[rchancey]


I have been trying to do the import as defined in the link you shared:
const handlebars = require('handlebars');

const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
handlebars: handlebars
});

but the issue is the example we used is using jsreport-handlebars .. as I said way at the top of this thread. It seems to be 'hiding' the handlebar and the handlebar-helpers won't add to it.. I get at type error. on handle bars.. since it is not the right one . I posted an issue here:https://github.com/jsreport/jsreport-handlebars/issues/5

So I am trying :) .. just somehow the jsreport is doing something to handlebar that is breaking accessing the underlying 'handlebar' .. very confusing as you can see.

and am using js report core.. and I paid $$ for a license that includes enterprise support.

[rchancey]

btw.. the
jsreport.documentStore.collection('assets').insert({
name: 'shared-helpers.js',
content: '<put here your functions>',
isSharedHelper: true
})

was very helpful.. thanks for sharing that.

[bjrmatos]

some things i think you are just getting confused by assuming something wrong:

i'm not sure why you expect to get handlebars when using require('jsreport-handlebars'), what is exported from require('jsreport-handlebars') is a module that is designed to work as a jsreport extension, not the handlebars dependency. also doing this is wrong: const helpers = require('jsreport-handlebars'); jsreport.use(helpers({ handlebars: handlebars });, as i say, what is exported from require('jsreport-handlebars') is not handlebars package so don't treat it like that, you will be only confused by doing that.

the docs says this:

There are plenty of thirdparty libraries providing additional handlebars helpers like handlebars-helpers or handlebars-intl. To use such a library in jsreport, you need to install it from npm and then require it at the top of the template's helpers.

i will highlight the following: require it at the top of the template's helpers, so this code:

const handlebars = require('handlebars');

const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
handlebars: handlebars
});

should be in the helpers section of the template that you are rendering, not in the code that you use to initialize jsreport.

jsreport.render({
		template: {
			content: '...some template content here...',
			helpers: `
				const handlebars = require('handlebars');

                                const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
                                  handlebars: handlebars
                                })
			`,
			engine: 'handlebars',
			recipe: 'chrome-pdf'
		}
})

something that i don't understand, i see that you have jsreport installed but you are manually using jsreport-core and manually applying extensions. why? you will be doing the same by just using jsreport package directly, so i'm not sure i understand why you need to use jsreport-core if you installed jsreport too in the same project. it is not clear to me what you are trying to do by just seeing parts of your code, maybe you have a valid use case to use jsreport-core directly but i can't see it.

[rchancey]

yah could be. I was given this code to take over and trying to learn as I go :). let me read your response and see if I can un-confuse myself ! Thanks!

[rchancey]

btw.. still broke... getting type error.. I think because when I pass in the handlebars-require in the helper section of the template it still has to load it.. and it is breaking on that same error.

perhaps you can help me figure how to to not us ether jsreport-core.. as you suggested I may not need it. I do have js report loaded in the project.

here is my entire class.. how would I use just jsreport rather than js-report core?

I am running this under node on AWS.. if that helps ?

import config from 'config';
import AWS from 'aws-sdk';
import uuid from 'uuid/v4';
import {
    Logger
} from './common';

const log = new Logger();

const path = require('path');
const os = require('os');
const jsreport = require('jsreport-core')({
        connectionString: { name: 'fs', syncModifications: true }
    }
)
const jsrender = require('jsreport-jsrender')
const handlebars = require('handlebars')
const templates = require('jsreport-templates')
const xlsx = require('jsreport-xlsx')
const data = require('jsreport-data')
const scripts = require('jsreport-scripts')
const assets = require('jsreport-assets')
const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers');
const phantomPdf = require('jsreport-phantom-pdf')
const fsStore = require('jsreport-fs-store')

let initialized = false
let ready = false
let readyCallbacks = [];

jsreport.use(jsrender())
jsreport.use(handlebars())
jsreport.use(helpers({
    handlebars: handlebars
    }))
jsreport.use(templates())
jsreport.use(xlsx())
jsreport.use(data())
jsreport.use(scripts())
jsreport.use(assets())
jsreport.use(phantomPdf())
jsreport.use(fsStore({
  dataDirectory: path.join( os.tmpdir(), 'jsreport' )
}))

export class Reporting {
    constructor() {
    }

    initialize() {
       log.debug("Initialize Reporting");
       
        return new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
            if (! initialized ) {
                initialized = true;
                log.debug("invoking jsreport.init()");
                jsreport.init().then( () => {
                    ready = true;
                    for(let i=0;i<readyCallbacks.length;++i)
                        readyCallbacks[i]();
                    return resolve();
                }).catch( err => {
                    log.error("JSReport Init error", err);
                    return reject(err);
                })
            }
            else if (! ready ) {
                readyCallbacks.push( () => { resolve() });
            }
            else
            {
                log.debug("jsreport already initialied.");
                return resolve();
            }
        });
    }

    report(body) {
        const self = this;
        return new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
            self.initialize().then( () => {
                jsreport.render(body).then( (response) => {
                    return resolve(response);
                }).catch( (err) => {
                    log.error("JSReport render error", err);
                    return reject(err);
                });
            }).catch( err => {
                log.error("JSReport self init error", err);
                return reject(err);
            });
        });
    }
}

[bjrmatos]

since it was not mentioned in any of the previous comments, i was assuming that you were using latest version of jsreport-core which is 2.1.0, but after seeing your last comment it is clear that you are using jsreport-core v1. please in the future try to be more specific about the versions that you are using, it saves us a lot of time in trying to figure it out what can be the problems or confusion that you are getting.

here is a minimal example that shows how handlebars-helpers works normally in jsreport-core.

package.json

{
  "name": "jsreport-core-handlebars-helpers",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "BJR Matos <bjrmatos@gmail.com> (https://github.com/bjrmatos)",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "handlebars-helpers": "0.10.0",
    "jsreport-core": "1.5.1",
    "jsreport-handlebars": "1.1.2",
    "jsreport-phantom-pdf": "1.4.6"
  }
}

index.js

const path = require('path')
const fs = require('fs')
const jsreport = require('jsreport-core')({
  tasks: {
    allowedModules: '*'
  }
})

jsreport.use(require('jsreport-handlebars')())
jsreport.use(require('jsreport-phantom-pdf')())

jsreport.init().then(() => {
  console.log('jsreport started')

  jsreport.render({
    template: {
      // here i'm passing inline content of the template, but you can also pass "shortid" of template, if you have one stored
      content: `
        number using "abs" helper from handlebars-helpers: {{abs -100}}
      `,
      helpers: `
        const handlebars = require('handlebars');

        const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
          handlebars: handlebars
        });
      `,
      engine: 'handlebars',
      recipe: 'phantom-pdf'
    }
  }).then((response) => {
    const outputPath = path.join(__dirname, 'result.pdf')

    fs.writeFile(outputPath, response.content, (err) => {
      if (err) {
        return console.error('Error while saving report output:', err.message)
      }

      console.log('report saved in:', outputPath)
    })
  }).catch((err) => {
    console.error('jsreport render error:')
    console.error(err)
  })
}, (e) => {
  console.error('Error while starting jsreport:')
  console.error(e)
})

screenshoot that shows that it works:

please analyze the example that i'm giving to you and adapt it to your case. as you can see it works normally, so if you are having problems it is likely you are just getting confused.

perhaps you can help me figure how to to not us ether jsreport-core.. as you suggested I may not need it. I do have js report loaded in the project.

the example will be the same using just jsreport instead of jsreport-core, it even has less code:

package.json

{
  "name": "jsreport-handlebars-helpers",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "BJR Matos <bjrmatos@gmail.com> (https://github.com/bjrmatos)",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "handlebars-helpers": "0.10.0",
    "jsreport": "1.10.0"
  }
}

index.js

const path = require('path')
const fs = require('fs')
const jsreport = require('jsreport')({
  // you can define these options in file "jsreport.config.json" too
  tasks: {
    allowedModules: '*'
  }
})

jsreport.init().then(() => {
  jsreport.render({
    template: {
      // here i'm passing inline content of the template, but you can also pass "shortid" of template, if you have one stored
      content: `
        number using "abs" helper from handlebars-helpers: {{abs -100}}
      `,
      helpers: `
        const handlebars = require('handlebars');

        const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
          handlebars: handlebars
        });
      `,
      engine: 'handlebars',
      recipe: 'phantom-pdf'
    }
  }).then((response) => {
    const outputPath = path.join(__dirname, 'result.pdf')

    fs.writeFile(outputPath, response.content, (err) => {
      if (err) {
        return console.error('Error while saving report output:', err.message)
      }

      console.log('report saved in:', outputPath)
    })
  }).catch((err) => {
    console.error('jsreport render error:')
    console.error(err)
  })
}, (e) => {
  console.error('Error while starting jsreport:')
  console.error(e)
})

again, analyze the example here and i'm sure you can remove jsreport-core and just use jsreport in your own code.

[rchancey]

OK.. nice!.. let me give it a shot. And I thought I was on the last.. my bad.. thanks for the help over the weekend!

[rchancey]

@bjrmatos I managed to get this running and your help was instrumental.. really appreciate your help and patience.

I did upgrade to the new version .. and spent the day trying to move from phantom to chrome and still working on that..but his original issue has been resolved. Thank you

[rchancey]

Hi @bjrmatos. Something has happened, somehow, and the code no longer works. I created a small project with the code above.. and as you can see the helper is no longer there.

Here are the screen shots. Please help as our entire reporting service is down. I assume something must have changed in the way jsreport is loading these?

Please offer some suggestions

[jan_blaha]

The same code works for me. I would suggest to delete node_modules and package-lock.json and do new install using npm i.

[rchancey]

Hi Jan.. good morning, or evening wherever you are :) , well I just created that project a few minutes before posting.. copied the code and ran it . all fresh. Let me do the npm i and try.

[rchancey]

I got this error... I have no idea .. I am googling to see. unless you have any idea?
I am on a Mac btw..

2018-09-07T13:32:43.140Z - debug: Base url not specified, skipping its injection.
2018-09-07T13:32:43.141Z - debug: Rendering engine handlebars
2018-09-07T13:32:43.300Z - warn: Error when processing render request Error while executing templating engine. require of "handlebars" module has been blocked. To be able to require custom modules you need to add to configuration { "allowLocalFilesAccess": true } or enable just specific module using { templatingEngines: { allowedModules": ["handlebars"] }.

1 |

2 | const handlebars = require('handlebars');
| ^
3 |
4 | const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
5 | handlebars: handlebars

Error: require of "handlebars" module has been blocked. To be able to require custom modules you need to add to configuration { "allowLocalFilesAccess":true } or enable just specific module using { templatingEngines: { allowedModules": ["handlebars"] }
at _require (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/safeSandbox.js:63:19)
at Object.apply (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/vm2/lib/contextify.js:288:34)
at evaluate-template-engine-helpers.js:2:28
at Script.runInContext (vm.js:74:29)
at VM.run (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/vm2/lib/main.js:212:72)
at run (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/safeSandbox.js:171:19)
at module.exports (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-core/lib/render/engineScript.js:114:7)
at process.<anonymous> (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/script-manager/lib/worker-processes.js:48:36)
at process.emit (events.js:180:13)
at emit (internal/child_process.js:783:12)
jsreport render error:

[jan_blaha]

This is error from jsreport v2. And I saw on previous screen you are using jsreport 1.10.0.
So you should not see this if you have done fresh install based on the package.json on the screen.

[rchancey]

oh yes. .sorry!.. I was changing versions to test!.. let me change back and re-run. .. was trying everything :)

[rchancey]

same issue.. .. and I deleted the modules and lock file and ran npm i

this is crazy.. :( ... any suggestions are welcome!

here is the log:

  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details
RaphaelicityMBP:RayTestCode raphaelchancey$ node index
2018-09-07T13:38:54.281Z - info: Initializing jsreport@1.10.0 in development mode using configuration file: none
2018-09-07T13:38:54.283Z - info: Setting process based strategy for rendering. Please visit http://jsreport.net/learn/configuration for information how to get more performance.
2018-09-07T13:38:54.285Z - info: Searching for available extensions in /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/
2018-09-07T13:38:54.288Z - info: Extensions location cache /var/folders/1b/bdwls5pn5bs7pjng3hwy1gcw0000gn/T/jsreport/core/locations.json contains older information, crawling
2018-09-07T13:38:54.576Z - info: Found 30 extensions
2018-09-07T13:38:54.592Z - debug: Writing extension locations cache to /var/folders/1b/bdwls5pn5bs7pjng3hwy1gcw0000gn/T/jsreport/core/locations.json
2018-09-07T13:38:54.593Z - debug: Discovered 30 extensions
2018-09-07T13:38:54.594Z - info: Using extension import-export
2018-09-07T13:38:54.823Z - info: Using extension tags
2018-09-07T13:38:54.834Z - info: Using extension templates
2018-09-07T13:38:54.839Z - info: Using extension jsrender
2018-09-07T13:38:54.840Z - info: Using extension authentication
2018-09-07T13:38:54.990Z - debug: Extension authentication was disabled
2018-09-07T13:38:54.990Z - info: Using extension cli
2018-09-07T13:38:54.991Z - info: Using extension handlebars
2018-09-07T13:38:54.992Z - info: Using extension debug
2018-09-07T13:38:54.993Z - info: Using extension express
2018-09-07T13:38:55.115Z - info: Using extension fop-pdf
2018-09-07T13:38:55.161Z - info: Using extension phantom-pdf
2018-09-07T13:38:55.258Z - info: Using extension fs-store
2018-09-07T13:38:55.363Z - debug: Extension fs-store was disabled
2018-09-07T13:38:55.363Z - info: Using extension authorization
2018-09-07T13:38:55.394Z - debug: Extension authorization was disabled
2018-09-07T13:38:55.394Z - info: Using extension images
2018-09-07T13:38:55.441Z - info: Using extension child-templates
2018-09-07T13:38:55.443Z - info: Using extension browser-client
2018-09-07T13:38:55.444Z - info: Using extension licensing
2018-09-07T13:38:55.532Z - info: Using extension data
2018-09-07T13:38:55.559Z - info: Using extension text
2018-09-07T13:38:55.559Z - info: Using extension reports
2018-09-07T13:38:55.610Z - info: Using extension resources
2018-09-07T13:38:55.650Z - info: Using extension base
2018-09-07T13:38:55.651Z - info: Using extension studio
2018-09-07T13:38:55.720Z - info: Using extension html-to-xlsx
2018-09-07T13:38:55.838Z - info: Using extension scripts
2018-09-07T13:38:55.877Z - info: Using extension assets
2018-09-07T13:38:55.887Z - info: Using extension scheduling
2018-09-07T13:38:55.919Z - info: Using extension xlsx
2018-09-07T13:38:56.125Z - info: Using extension sample-template
2018-09-07T13:38:56.168Z - debug: Creating samples is disabled
2018-09-07T13:38:56.169Z - info: Using extension public-templates
2018-09-07T13:38:56.214Z - debug: Extension public-templates was disabled
2018-09-07T13:38:56.241Z - info: Creating memory store
2018-09-07T13:38:56.294Z - info: Creating default express app.
2018-09-07T13:38:56.347Z - info: jsreport server successfully started on http port: 57858
2018-09-07T13:38:56.348Z - info: Verifying license key free
2018-09-07T13:38:56.349Z - info: Using free license
2018-09-07T13:38:56.350Z - info: reporter initialized
2018-09-07T13:38:56.351Z - info: Starting rendering request 1 (user: null) requestId=1
2018-09-07T13:38:56.352Z - info: Rendering anonymous template { recipe:phantom-pdf,engine:handlebars} requestId=1
2018-09-07T13:38:56.352Z - debug: Data item not defined for this template. requestId=1
2018-09-07T13:38:56.357Z - debug: Resources not defined for this template. requestId=1
2018-09-07T13:38:56.358Z - debug: Base url not specified, skipping its injection. requestId=1
2018-09-07T13:38:56.359Z - debug: Rendering engine handlebars requestId=1
2018-09-07T13:38:56.915Z - error: Error when processing render request Error during rendering report: Missing helper: "abs" /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js:19
      throw new _exception2['default']('Missing helper: "' + arguments[arguments.length - 1].name + '"');
      ^

Error: Missing helper: "abs"
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js:19:13)
    at Object.eval [as main] (eval at createFunctionContext (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/javascript-compiler.js:254:23), <anonymous>:4:99)
    at main (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js:173:32)
    at ret (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js:176:12)
    at ret (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js:525:21)
    at /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/lib/handlebarsEngine.js:25:14
    at evalmachine.<anonymous>:1:41
    at Script.runInContext (vm.js:74:29)
    at Script.runInNewContext (vm.js:80:15)
    at Object.runInNewContext (vm.js:193:38) requestId=1
jsreport render error:
{ /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js:19
      throw new _exception2['default']('Missing helper: "' + arguments[arguments.length - 1].name + '"');
      ^

Error: Missing helper: "abs"
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js:19:13)
    at Object.eval [as main] (eval at createFunctionContext (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/javascript-compiler.js:254:23), <anonymous>:4:99)
    at main (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js:173:32)
    at ret (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js:176:12)
    at ret (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js:525:21)
    at /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/lib/handlebarsEngine.js:25:14
    at evalmachine.<anonymous>:1:41
    at Script.runInContext (vm.js:74:29)
    at Script.runInNewContext (vm.js:80:15)
    at Object.runInNewContext (vm.js:193:38)
  cause: /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js:19
      throw new _exception2['default']('Missing helper: "' + arguments[arguments.length - 1].name + '"');
      ^

Error: Missing helper: "abs"
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/helpers/helper-missing.js:19:13)
    at Object.eval [as main] (eval at createFunctionContext (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/javascript-compiler.js:254:23), <anonymous>:4:99)
    at main (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js:173:32)
    at ret (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/runtime.js:176:12)
    at ret (/Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/node_modules/handlebars/dist/cjs/handlebars/compiler/compiler.js:525:21)
    at /Users/raphaelchancey/RayTestCode/node_modules/jsreport-handlebars/lib/handlebarsEngine.js:25:14
    at evalmachine.<anonymous>:1:41
    at Script.runInContext (vm.js:74:29)
    at Script.runInNewContext (vm.js:80:15)
    at Object.runInNewContext (vm.js:193:38),
  isOperational: true }

and here is the package.json

{
  "name": "jsreport-handlebars-helpers",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "BJR Matos <bjrmatos@gmail.com> (https://github.com/bjrmatos)",
  "license": "MIT",
  "dependencies": {
    "handlebars-helpers": "0.10.0",
    "jsreport": "1.10.0"
  }
}

and the index.js

  const path = require('path')
  const fs = require('fs')
  const jsreport = require('jsreport')({
    // you can define these options in file "jsreport.config.json" too
    tasks: {
      allowedModules: '*'
    }
  })


  jsreport.init().then(() => {
    jsreport.render({
      template: {
        // here i'm passing inline content of the template, but you can also pass "shortid" of template, if you have one stored
        content: `
          number using "abs" helper from handlebars-helpers: {{abs -100}}
        `,
        helpers: `
          const handlebars = require('handlebars');

          const helpers = require('handlebars-helpers')({
            handlebars: handlebars
          });
        `,
        engine: 'handlebars',
        recipe: 'phantom-pdf'
      }
    }).then((response) => {
      const outputPath = path.join(__dirname, 'result.pdf')

      fs.writeFile(outputPath, response.content, (err) => {
        if (err) {
          return console.error('Error while saving report output:', err.message)
        }

        console.log('report saved in:', outputPath)
      })
    }).catch((err) => {
      console.error('jsreport render error:')
      console.error(err)
    })
  }, (e) => {
    console.error('Error while starting jsreport:')
    console.error(e)
  })

[jan_blaha]

Hm. Maybe you can "zip" the whole folder and share it somewhere for us.
@bjrmatos can try it later on his mac.

[rchancey]

Ok. done.. I am using drop box and shared it with @bjrmatos .. this has me stumped.. :(

I will have a my team mate try it on windows.. but our builds are on bitbucket and those are linux so the Mac should not make a difference.

btw.. in production we are using 2.2.0 jsreport-core (we are running under lambda and were only able to get the write access working with core.. )

[rchancey]

I put the code here on my google drive.. perhaps you can look and see if I have done anything silly. I included the node_modules in case you see it is loading something funny:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Z2UzfTI0iIX8uISjHBG6Y6bY3b2lpfYl?usp=sharing