A simple python wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf lib (http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/) with flash support.

• Linux 32/64 or OSX only (Windows is not supported at this stage)
• Xvfd
• wkhtmltopdf
• flashplugin-nonfree
• python 2.5+

1. Install Xvfd:

   $ sudo apt-get install xvfb

2. Install Fonts:

   $ sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic

3. Install wkhtmltopdf:

   $ sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

4. Install flashplugin:

   $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

1. From git:

   $ git clone git@github.com:qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf.git
   $ cd python-wkhtmltopdf
   $ python setup.py install

1. Use from class:

   from wkhtmltopdf import WKHtmlToPdf
   
   wkhtmltopdf = WKHtmlToPdf(
       url='http://www.example.com',
       output_file='~/example.pdf',
   )
   wkhtmltopdf.render()

2. Use from method:

   from wkhtmltopdf import wkhtmltopdf
   
   wkhtmltopdf(url='example.com', output_file='~/example.pdf')

3. Use from commandline (installed):

   $ python -m wkhtmltopdf.main example.com ~/example.pdf

4. Use the api (installed):

   $ python -m wkhtmltopdf.api &   
   $ wget http://localhost:8888/?url=example.com&output_file=example.pdf

• url - the url to convert to pdf
• output_file - the pdf file that you want to create

• screen_resolution (default: [1024, 768])
• color_depth (default: 24 (bit))
• flash_plugin (default: True)
• disable_javascript (default: False)
• delay (default: 0 (millisecs))
• orientation (default: Portrait)
• dpi (default: 100)
• no_background (default: False)
• grayscale (default: False)
• http_username (default: None)
• http_password (default: None)