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package LIMS::Controller::Roles::PDF;

use Moose::Role;
use Data::Dumper;
use IO::All;

# wkhtmltopdf needs to be in web-server path ie /usr/local/bin

sub render_pdf {
    my ($self, $args) = @_;

    my $session_id = $args->{session_id}; # needs session_id for chart function
	my $content    = $args->{content}; # warn $content; # scalarref

    my $data = $self->stash->{request_data}; # warn Dumper $data->as_tree;
    my $patient = $data->patient_case->patient;

	my $report_id = sprintf '%s, %s :: %s/%s',
        uc $patient->last_name,
        ucfirst $patient->first_name,
        $data->request_number,
        $data->year - 2000;

	# perl 5.13+ supports: my $foo = $bar =~ s/foo/bar/r; # r = non-destructive
#	( my $base_addr = $self->query->url(-base => 1) ) =~ s/\:8080//; # if dev server
	my $settings  = $self->cfg('settings');
	my ($base_addr, $footer) = map $settings->{$_}, qw (base_href report_footer);

    my @args = (
        '--margin-top 7', # combined with header-spacing to provide optimum layout
        '--header-spacing 2', # provide gap between header & banner
		qq!--header-left "$report_id"!, # double-quote to allow for eg o'connor
		qq!--header-right 'Printed on: [date]'!, # [date] replaced by system date (in local format)
        qq!--footer-html $base_addr/$footer!,
        '--header-font-size 8',
        '--margin-bottom 26', # provide space for footer
		'--cookie CGISESSID ' . $session_id,
        '--disable-javascript', # if any
        '--disable-external-links', # no urls
        # '--footer-line', # draw line above - doesn't print
        # '--footer-spacing x', # might need this if long content reaches footer
	);

    # create temp file for input to wkhtmltopdf:
    my $tmp_file = sprintf '%s/%s.html', $self->cfg->{tmpdir}, $data->id; # warn $tmp_file;
	{ # save file to disk:
		my $html = _escape($content); # substitute any chars wkhtmltopdf can't handle
		io($tmp_file)->print($html); # $html is str
	}
    my $pdf = `wkhtmltopdf -q @args $tmp_file -`;

    if ( -e $tmp_file ) { # occasionally doesn't exist - maybe simultaneous access ??
        io($tmp_file)->unlink or warn "could not unlink $tmp_file: $!";
    }
    return $pdf;
}

# replace some chars wkhtmltopdf can't understand:
sub _escape {
	my $ref = shift; # scalarref
	my $str = ${$ref}; # doesn't need to be ref anymore - here or downstream

	my %h = (
		# '±' (0xB1 & \x{B1}) see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus-minus_sign#Encodings
		chr(0xB1) => '±', # '±' prints as '▒' on console & '?' in pdf
	);
	# perform substitutions on deref'd var:
	$str =~ s/$_/$h{$_}/g for keys %h; # warn $str;

	return $str; # expecting string return
}

1;