F# PDF Library (Full Tutorial)

This tutorial will guide you steps of how to create and edit PDF files in F# using IronPDF. All you will need is Visual Studio installed and an F# project.

To see how to use IronPDF with C# see this guide.

To see how to use IronPDF with VB.NET see this guide.

Install the F# PDF Library

Install via NuGet Package Manager

In Visual Studio, right click on your project solution explorer and select "Manage NuGet Packages...". From there simply search for IronPDF and install the latest version... click ok to any dialog boxes that come up. This will work in any .NET Project.

Install via NuGet Package Manager Console

You may also choose to add IronPDF through the package manager console which can be done with this command:

PM > Install-Package IronPdf

Install Directly in the .fsproj

Another option is to paste the following ItemGroup into your .fsproj file:

<ItemGroup>
  <PackageReference Include="IronPdf" Version="*" />
</ItemGroup>

Install via DLL

Alternatively, the IronPDF DLL can be downloaded and manually installed to the project or GAC from https://ironpdf.com/packages/IronPdf.zip

Remember to add this statement to the top of any .fs class file using IronPDF:

open IronPdf

Create a PDF from HTML with F Sharp

First by opening the IronPdf library within your namespace using open. After that create a ChromePdfRenderer object, and pass a HTML string into it's RenderHtmlAsPdf. Or if you already have a HTML file ready you can pass the filepath string as a parameter to RenderHtmlFileAsPdf.

HTML String to PDF in F

open IronPdf

let html = "<p>Hello World</p>"
let renderer = ChromePdfRenderer()

let pdf = html |> renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf
pdf.SaveAs("document.pdf") |> ignore

HTML File to PDF in F

open IronPdf

let html = "C:/designs/html/layout.html"
let renderer = ChromePdfRenderer()

let pdf = html |> renderer.RenderHtmlFileAsPdf
pdf.SaveAs("document.pdf") |> ignore

Advanced IronPDF F# Template

This is a more advanced example of creating a function that will format and style a PDF from URL based on some rules and procedures:

open IronPdf

let CreateCompanyStandardDocument (url : string) =

    // Setup Render Options
    let renderOptions = ChromePdfRenderOptions(
        CssMediaType = Rendering.PdfCssMediaType.Screen,
        EnableJavaScript = true,
        PrintHtmlBackgrounds = true,
        InputEncoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8,
        MarginTop = 0.39,
        MarginBottom = 0.38,
        MarginLeft = 0.39,
        MarginRight = 0.38
    )

    // Create Header Template
    let company_style_header = HtmlHeaderFooter()
    company_style_header.HtmlFragment <- "<img src='https://ironsoftware.com/img/svgs/ironsoftware-logo-black.svg'"
    company_style_header.DrawDividerLine <- true

    // Apply a header to the Render Options
    renderOptions.HtmlHeader <- company_style_header

    // Init Renderer
    let renderer = ChromePdfRenderer(RenderingOptions = renderOptions)

    // Generate
    let html_pdf_without_style = url |> ChromePdfRenderer().RenderUrlAsPdf

    // All these methods return the PdfDocument for C# Linq style programming
    // Because it mutates the original PDF, we can pipe the return to an ignore
    html_pdf_without_style.AddHtmlHeaders company_style_header |> ignore

    // Return
    html_pdf_without_style

let IronPdfUrlToPdf (url : string) =
    let pdf = url |> CreateCompanyStandardDocument
    pdf.SaveAs("document.pdf") |> ignore

IronPdf.License.LicenseKey <- "YOUR_LICENSE_KEY_HERE"
IronPdfUrlToPdf "https://ironpdf.com/"