# Saving canvas in PDF **URL:** \ **Category:** Libraries\ **Created:** [August 27, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saving-canvas-in-pdf/3025 "2018-08-27T16:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10

**Author:** ![HEX0x6C](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/hex0x6c/32/1251_2.png) [@HEX0x6C](https://discourse.processing.org/u/HEX0x6C)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saving-canvas-in-pdf/3025/10 "2018-08-28T06:24:05Z")

Here is a _minimal_ example that is **not** working: ```auto var sign = true; function setup() { var myCanvas = createCanvas(400, 400, SVG); myCanvas.parent("myContainer"); pdf = createPDF(); pdf.beginRecord(); } function draw() { fill(0, 0, 255); ellipse(width/2, height/2, width/2, height/2); if (sign) { pdf.save( { filename: "ethercoil.pdf" } ); sign = false; } } ``` ```auto EtherCoil

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``` Error is: ```auto Uncaught TypeError: Failed to execute 'appendChild' on 'Node': parameter 1 is not of type 'Node'. at RendererSVG.p5.Element.parent (p5.js:10984) at setup (EtherCoilTest.js:5) at p5. (p5.js:9111) at p5. (p5.js:9041) at new p5 (p5.js:9323) at _globalInit (p5.js:5602) ``` I am using PDE in P5 mode. I adapted the code from [this](http://zenozeng.github.io/p5.js-pdf/examples/#vector). Thanks for help. --- _[View the full topic](https://discourse.processing.org/t/saving-canvas-in-pdf/3025)._