reportName not working. Reports are stored with random name.

Sahil333

Hi, I was testing the jsreport with node.js and express. I am able to render a report as expected. I have mentioned the reportName in the options of jsreport.render() but still reports are stored with random name.

jsreport.render({
template: { name:'driver-manifest-main'},
data: req.body,
"options": {
"reportName": req.body.docId,
"reports": { "save": true }
}
}).then((resp) => {
logger.info('Processed the driver manifest generation request');
res.send({"msg":"successful"})
}).catch((e) => {
logger.error('Error occurred while processing driver manifest generation request ' + e.toString());
res.send({
"statusCode": 500,
"errorMessage": e.toString(),
"timestamp": Date.now()
})
});

jan_blaha

I apologize, this is a bit misleading in the docs.

The name of the stored file/blob is by default inherited from the entity unique _id. This can be customized using { "options": { "reports": { "save": true, "blobName": "myfilename" } }

So your request should look like this

{
  "template": { "name":'driver-manifest-main'},
  "data": req.body,
  "options": {
    "reports": { "save": true, "blobName": req.body.docId }
  }
}

Sahil333

oh great, thanks for the help :D

Sahil333

How can I mention the directory where to store the generated reports?

jan_blaha

This can be only done globally. Using this config

"blobStorage": {
	"provider": "fs",
	"dataDirectory": "myblobslocation"
}

Sahil333

In the global config, I can mention the root folder and that's great. But my requirement is slightly different, I want to store the reports in different folders based on each request. So, I may want to store all the pdf reports of one day into a folder with that date. I want the same behavior for the azure blob storage.

jan_blaha

Ok. In that case, you can pass the path as part of the blob name.

{
    "template": { "name": "a" },
    "options": { "reports": { "save": true, "blobName": "adirectory/foo" } }
}

You just need to make sure that the directory exists. Probably using the beforeRender hook.
You may also dynamically assemble the path there.
https://jsreport.net/learn/scripts

const fs = require('fs')

function beforeRender(req, res) {
  const date = new Date().toISOString().substring(0, 10)
  req.options.reports.blobName = date + '/' + req.template.name
  fs.mkdirSync('data/storage/' + date)
}

Sahil333

Great. Thanks for the help :D