word_template/tools/docxtemp.js

const PizZip = require('pizzip');
const Docxtemplater = require('docxtemplater');
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');

// The error object contains additional information when logged with JSON.stringify (it contains a properties object containing all suberrors).
function replaceErrors(key, value) {
    if (value instanceof Error) {
        return Object.getOwnPropertyNames(value).reduce(function (error, key) {
            error[key] = value[key];
            return error;
        }, {});
    }
    return value;
}

function errorHandler(error) {
    console.log(JSON.stringify({
        error: error
    }, replaceErrors));

    if (error.properties && error.properties.errors instanceof Array) {
        const errorMessages = error.properties.errors.map(function (error) {
            return error.properties.explanation;
        }).join("\n");
        console.log('errorMessages', errorMessages);
        // errorMessages is a humanly readable message looking like this :
        // 'The tag beginning with "foobar" is unopened'
    }
    throw error;
}

module.exports = function (userInfo, fileName) {
    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
        let content = fs.readFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, `../template/${fileName}`), 'binary');
        let zip = new PizZip(content);
        let doc;

        try {
            doc = new Docxtemplater(zip);
        } catch (error) {
            errorHandler(error);
        }

        doc.setData(userInfo);

        try {
            doc.render()
        } catch (error) {
            errorHandler(error);
        }

        let buf = doc.getZip().generate({
            type: 'nodebuffer'
        });
        fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(__dirname, `../public/files/${userInfo.firstName}-${userInfo.lastName}-${fileName}`), buf);
        resolve(`http://localhost:3000/users/download/${userInfo.firstName}-${userInfo.lastName}-${fileName}`)

            .catch(err => {
                reject({
                    eCode: 500,
                    eText: err
                })
            })
    })

}