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PDF Generation, does it work now?
See original GitHub issueFor a long time generating PDF’s on Azure App Services has been very difficult. This post also outlines which PDF services don’t work:
https://github.com/azure/azure-webjobs-sdk-script/wiki
Well, I’ve just given wkhtmltopdf another shot recently, and lo and behold, when on a Basic+ plan, it does indeed work (previously, it would render but without any font glyphs).
Is this now a supported scenario?
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Sure enough, there was an additional change a few months ago that enabled WebKit support, which likely enabled wkhtmltopdf. I’ve updated the wiki.
I’ve asked the sandbox experts if anything has changed. I believe the changes that relaxed the sandbox in Basic or higher Plan go back to late 2014. However, it’s not clear in the issue you point to whether the user had in fact tried Basic+.