wkhtmltopdf - cannot convert local file

Question

I just downloaded version 10.0 for opensuse v. 11.3. I can convert a webpage (ie www.google.com) using it but cannot convert a local file. I grant all permissions on the file (& i've even tried running under sudo to no avail). This is the error:

"Loading pages (1/6) Error: Failed loading page file:///file.html".

The file exists but wkhtmltopdf refuses to load it. I even tried version 9.9 w/ the same result

What am I missing?

Answer 1

You need to provide the full path. Using file:/// does not make use of the current working directory. Rather, it specifies the path to the file from the root of the file system.

Answer 2

Just as a notice to any future people. I couldn't get the above answer working on Ubuntu 14.04, so I resorted to piping my HTML to the wkhtmltopdf command like so:

cat test.html | wkhtmltopdf - test.pdf

This is from the wkhtmltopdf command-line help:

Use - for stdin or stdout