How do you put a table in a table in clj-pdf?

Question

I'm trying to make a pdf in Clojure with a one-to-many structure. Something like:

+------+----+------+-------+------+
| Name | ID | Make | Model | Year |
+------+----+------+-------+------+
| Bob    23 | Volvo   240    1980 |
|           | Saab     99    1985 |
+-----------+---------------------+
| Foo    32 | Opel    XXX    1972 |

And so on. The way I've tried is to do like this

(pdf/pdf [
    {:orientation :landscape}
    [:table {:header ["Name" "ID" "Make" "Model" "Year"]}
        [[:table {:colspan 2} ["Bob" "23"]]
         [:table {:colspan 3} ["Volvo" "240" "1980"]
                              ["Saab" "99" "1985"]]]
        [[:table {:colspan 2} ["F00" "32"]]
         [:table {:colspan 3} ["Opel" "XXX" "1972"]]]]
    ]
    "foo.pdf")

This is one of the versions that I've tried (and every permutation I could think of). Needless to say, it hasn't worked at all!

Does anyone have any ideas how to accomplish what I'm looking for?

Regards

You might look into a library or service that turns html into pdf. Docraptor is a service that charges money for pdf generation, but we have had good luck with them. https://docraptor.com/ — Frank Henard, Mar 08 '17 at 21:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 09 '17 at 11:03

You need to use :cell

Cells can be optionally used inside tables to provide specific style for table elements, including :colspan.

This is untested :

[:table {:header ["Name" "ID" "Make" "Model" "Year"]} [[:cell {:colspan 2} [:table ["Bob" "23"]]] [:cell {:colspan 3} [:table ["Volvo" "240" "1980"] ["Saab" "99" "1985"]]]] [[:cell {:colspan 2} [:table ["F00" "32"]]] [:cell {:colspan 3} [:table ["Opel" "XXX" "1972"]]]]] ]

How do you put a table in a table in clj-pdf?

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