def render_to_pdf_response_pdfkit(template_name, context_dict, css_files=None):
"""Render to a PDF response using pdfkit
`context_dict` is expected to be generated by htk.view_helpers.wrap_data
PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdfkit
Installation: https://github.com/JazzCore/python-pdfkit/wiki/Using-wkhtmltopdf-without-X-server
Outstanding Issues:
-
"""
import pdfkit
html = generate_html_from_template(template_name, context_dict)
base_url = context_dict['request']['base_uri']
#html = rewrite_relative_urls_as_absolute(html, base_url)
options = {
'page-size': 'Letter',
'orientation': 'Portrait',
'margin-top': '0.75in',
'margin-bottom': '0.75in',
'margin-left': '0.50in',
'margin-right': '0.50in',
'encoding': 'UTF-8',
#'print_media_type' : False,
#'title' : context_dict.get('title', 'PDF'),
}
pdf = pdfkit.from_string(html.encode('utf-8'),
False,
options=options,
css=css_files)
if pdf:
response = HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')
else:
response = HttpResponseServerError('Error generating PDF file')
return response
def render_to_pdf_response_pdfkit(template_name, context_dict, css_files=None):
"""Render to a PDF response using pdfkit
`context_dict` is expected to be generated by htk.view_helpers.wrap_data
PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdfkit
Installation: https://github.com/JazzCore/python-pdfkit/wiki/Using-wkhtmltopdf-without-X-server
Outstanding Issues:
-
"""
import pdfkit
html = generate_html_from_template(template_name, context_dict)
base_url = context_dict['request']['base_uri']
#html = rewrite_relative_urls_as_absolute(html, base_url)
options = {
'page-size' : 'Letter',
'orientation' : 'Portrait',
'margin-top' : '0.75in',
'margin-bottom' : '0.75in',
'margin-left' : '0.50in',
'margin-right' : '0.50in',
'encoding' : 'UTF-8',
#'print_media_type' : False,
#'title' : context_dict.get('title', 'PDF'),
}
pdf = pdfkit.from_string(html.encode('utf-8'), False, options=options, css=css_files)
if pdf:
response = HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')
else:
response = HttpResponseServerError('Error generating PDF file')
return response
def render_to_pdf_response_pisa(template_name, context_dict):
"""Render to a PDF response using Pisa
Caveat: xhtml2pdf / pisa seems to not be well-maintained and does not handle CSS3
https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/issues/44
PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pisa/
"""
import cStringIO as StringIO
from xhtml2pdf import pisa
html = generate_html_from_template(template_name, context_dict)
result = StringIO.StringIO()
pdf = pisa.pisaDocument(StringIO.StringIO(html.encode('utf-8')), result)
if pdf:
response = HttpResponse(result.getvalue(), mimetype='application/pdf')
else:
response = HttpResponseServerError('Error generating PDF file')
return response
def render_to_pdf_response_pisa(template_name, context_dict):
"""Render to a PDF response using Pisa
Caveat: xhtml2pdf / pisa seems to not be well-maintained and does not handle CSS3
https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf/issues/44
PyPI: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pisa/
"""
import cStringIO as StringIO
from xhtml2pdf import pisa
html = generate_html_from_template(template_name, context_dict)
result = StringIO.StringIO()
pdf = pisa.pisaDocument(StringIO.StringIO(html.encode('utf-8')), result)
if pdf:
response = HttpResponse(result.getvalue(), mimetype='application/pdf')
else:
response = HttpResponseServerError('Error generating PDF file')
return response
