Artisan integration

At a glance

Use nextpdf/artisan when your application needs headless Chrome rendering through the Chrome DevTools Protocol (CDP), page import, or low-level PDF inspection. The package extends renderer workflows at runtime. It is not a Laravel Artisan command package.

Section map

Page	Use it for
Overview	Package boundaries and supported workflows.
Install	Composer installation and Chrome runtime requirements.
Chrome renderer setup	Browser executable and CDP renderer configuration.
Quickstart	Your first Chrome-rendered PDF flow.
Configuration	Renderer configuration keys and default values.
API	Renderer, configuration, result, security policy, importer, and parser APIs.
Developer guide	Renderer lifecycle, browser pooling, parsing boundaries, and extension points.
Production usage	Browser process management and production operating patterns.
Security and operations	HTML input limits, sandbox policy, and resource restrictions.
Troubleshooting	Common Chrome and parser failures.

Primary APIs

Symbol	Role
NextPDF\Artisan\ChromeHtmlRenderer	Renders HTML through Chrome CDP into PDF bytes.
NextPDF\Artisan\ChromeRendererConfig	Provides an immutable renderer configuration object.
NextPDF\Artisan\ChromeRenderResult	Provides rendered PDF bytes and page dimensions.
NextPDF\Artisan\PageImporter	Imports an existing PDF page as a form XObject.
NextPDF\Parser\PdfReader	Reads low-level PDF objects, pages, resources, and revisions.