Angular2: How to use pdfmake library

Trying to use client-side pdf library pdfmake in my Angular 2 (version=4.2.x) project.

In .angular-cli.json file, I declared js like this:

"scripts": [
"../node_modules/pdfmake/build/pdfmake.js",
"../node_modules/pdfmake/build/vfs_fonts.js"
]


And then in app.component.ts, I used it like this:

import * as pdfMake from 'pdfmake';

@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
pdf: any;
downloadPdf() {
let item = {firstName: 'Peter', lastName: 'Parker'};
this.pdf = pdfMake;
this.pdf.createPdf(buildPdf(item)).open();
}
}

function buildPdf(value) {
var pdfContent = value;
var docDefinition = {
content: [{
text: 'My name is: ' + pdfContent.firstName + ' ' + pdfContent.lastName + '.'
}]
}
console.log(pdfContent);
return docDefinition;
}


I hit below error in browser console when loading the app:

Uncaught TypeError: fs.readFileSync is not a function
at Object.<anonymous> (linebreaker.js:15)
at Object.<anonymous> (linebreaker.js:161)
at Object.../../../../linebreak/src/linebreaker.js (linebreaker.js:161)
at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap b937441…:54)
at Object.../../../../pdfmake/src/textTools.js (textTools.js:4)
at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap b937441…:54)
at Object.../../../../pdfmake/src/docMeasure.js (docMeasure.js:4)
at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap b937441…:54)
at Object.../../../../pdfmake/src/layoutBuilder.js (layoutBuilder.js:7)
at __webpack_require__ (bootstrap b937441…:54)


My workaround for solving this problem is:

Copy pdfmake.js and vfs_fonts.js to assets folder, and then add this to index.html:

<script src='assets/pdfmake.min.js'></script>
<script src='assets/vfs_fonts.js'></script>


Remove this from app.component.ts

import * as pdfMake from 'pdfmake';


And add this to app.component.ts:

declare var pdfMake: any;


Finally remove this from .angular-cli.js:

"../node_modules/pdfmake/build/pdfmake.js",
"../node_modules/pdfmake/build/vfs_fonts.js"


It works but it's still a workaround.

Anyone knows how to use this library in Angular/Typscript way?

Thanks a lot!

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