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I am writing an app that must generate a PDF file based on the HTML generated by AngularJS. I do not want to display this output to the user. I want to capture the rendered HTML to a string and send it to a server, where a service there will receive the HTML source and create the PDF file.

I understand that one way to grab rendered HTML is through accessing the element's innerHTML property after compiling it in a directive. But how can I be certain that there are no further digests that need to take place? Also, can this method work without writing the results to the DOM? -- Or, at least, without displaying the results to the user? Thanks!

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You could generate all the html you want in a hidden element that user never sees. Be curious to see how pdf library handles non standard tags and attributes used in angular markup. –  charlietfl Nov 14 '13 at 21:32
    
@charlietfl, thanks, that's part of my question. The bigger question is how do I determine that the digest cycle has run it's final iteration. –  Pete Gardner Nov 15 '13 at 0:08
    
not sure what context of that question is. If in directive can use $timeout to run code and digest is done when it fires –  charlietfl Nov 15 '13 at 0:12
    
@charlietfl, thanks for both comments. Together they provide the answer to my question. If you want to submit them as an answer, I'll select it to increase your rating. –  Pete Gardner Dec 7 '13 at 19:57
    
Just wondering if you can share the solution to this, need to do the same thing. –  stevenrcfox Feb 24 at 13:28

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