topic Re: Create a PDF File in Cortex XSOAR Discussions

Create a PDF File

micomi — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:54:00 GMT

Hi everyone

What is the best way to create a PDF within a Playboook? What are you all using?

Data format doesn't matter but some customisation about the pdf format would be nice.

Michael

Re: Create a PDF File

asawyer — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 22:28:05 GMT

Hi @micomi – What type/format of data are you trying to put into the PDF file? What is its source?

You will likely need to write a custom script for this. There are plenty of python libraries available, but nothing out-of-the-box since this is not a common XSOAR use case: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2252726/how-to-create-pdf-files-in-python

Re: Create a PDF File

micomi — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:20:40 GMT

Hi @asawyer

Thanks for your answer. Mostly or all of the data is simply text (from context and incident data).

Yes I thought about custom scripts but I was still hoping for an out-of-the-box solution.

Re: Create a PDF File

asawyer — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:16:06 GMT

The only built-in option I can think of for you to look into would be using the built-in functionality to generate a report from an incident. This gives the option to output a PDF.

Re: Create a PDF File

micomi — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:22:49 GMT

Thank you @asawyer

I tested this option but I would like to have more customisation option, so I can change the look of the pdf.