Automatic Print-To-File PDF of Website URLs into Dropbox Folder

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$30-250 USD

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################# General Description: Linux Cron-enabled script in PERL or PHP, to automatically retreive and print a web URL (stored in MySQL) to PDF format. PDF file generated should have time and date on lower right corner of document. File printed should go into a designated Dropbox folder. ########## Any standard Linux technology or app is acceptable so long as it's able to interact with MySQL and be triggered by Cron. Firefox, Chrome OK. WebKit OK. EXAMPLE ATTACHED. ###################### Proposed Execution Logic: 1. Cron job runs at 6:00AM daily, runs PERL or PHP script to query specific MySQL DB & Table for list of URL's based on a simply query syntax we supply you with. 2. PERL, PHP or Linux app prints each [web page] to a separate PDF file. 3. PERL, PHP or other script stores these files in a specific Dropbox folder with a unique name and date stamp. ####################### PLEASE no windows apps. I have tested several apps but have not found any that exactly fit my requirements. Please only bid if you have an excellent way of doing this (not tes-as-you-go) and I will simply pay your bid.

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@qlle

Hello, From your descriptions, I think it's better idea to split your program into 2 parts: - The backend part is written in PHP, which do only one thing: Fetch the URL(s) from MySQL and return the data (in JSON, simple <CR> separated text...) - The frontend which will be call from crontab will trigger a small simple script which will call [1] or [2] to generate the PDF file and save it. From my experiences, the [1] is much simpler (we just call from command line) and the [2] is more powerful, as we can access the whole DOM-tree to manipulate as will before save it. I can delivered this in 3 days, most of time just to examine your configuration. Hope we can work together, -QL [1]: [login to view URL] [2]: [login to view URL]

$155 USD in 3 days

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@techvolcano

Hi, Can you share the urls from which you are looking to print pdfs? We are experts in perl and php and can write the script for you. You can award us the project after seeing a working demo. Thanks.

$200 USD in 3 days

4.9

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6.3

@freelance4hire80

hi I can create a Perl script to: 1. read in list of urls from SQL 2. snapshot each url as image and save as PDF 3. copy/move the PDF file to designate Dropbox local directory you can: 1. run the script as cronjob thru crontab 2. run on linux box. I hope this is what you want.

$222 USD in 5 days

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@pivanush

Hello, Linux/Perl/MySQL professionals here. Please accept this bid to have your task done in perl with the best quality in a reasonable time.

$155 USD in 3 days

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@kabatza

This is fairly easy, I can probably do this in a couple of hours....but a bid busy at the moment...so I put 4 days to be on the safe side :)

$177 USD in 4 days

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@zkutch

Hello. More 20 years programming experience. Had done similar many times by perl script. Regards. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

$170 USD in 3 days

5.0

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3.8

@sisyphus2006

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@AllenPaul72

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$138 USD in 15 days

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@luis12357

I have the solution, the web page can be downloaded using the console and the generate pdf can be put into dropbox by console too.

$150 USD in 3 days

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@cahbou

Hi, I propose to do this with PhantomJS, which is a headless WebKit. PDF output is a well supported feature, and given the simplicity of the sample PDF we shouldn't have any trouble with layout. The cron job will run a script which will query the MySQL server for the appropriate URLs, and then start a phantomjs instance to produce the PDF files as required. I'm assuming that the dropbox daemon is already installed and I can simply drop the files into a local folder. If I need to use the dropbox API that would be more work. Let me know if you have any other questions! Thanks, Calin

$177 USD in 7 days