A Django app to convert html to pdf
Project description
django-pikpdf - propper html to pdf generator
django-pikpdf is a Django app to generate pdfs from html templates. This app will capture the html from a template and convert it to a pdf file with all styles in tact.
This generator does not rely on xhtml2pdf
Generator uses api on www.pikutis.lt site. No information sent o api is stored longer than required for processing.
To obtain API key, use contact form in the site.
Quick start
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Add "django-pikpdf" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this::
INSTALLED_APPS = [ ..., "django-pikpdf", ]
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Add the following settings to your settings.py:
PIKUTIS_API_KEY=os.environ.get("PIKUTIS_API_KEY", None) # can be obtained from https://www.pikutis.lt for free SITE_URL = os.environ.get("SITE_URL", "https://www.pikutis.lt") # your website url
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Include conversion method get_document_pdf_response as so:
from django_pikpdf.utils import get_document_pdf_response
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Use the method to convert your html to pdf and return a response:
html_content = render_to_string("my_template.html", context) file_name = "my_pdf_file" http_response, file_bytes = get_document_pdf_response(html_content, file_name) # HTTP response is a response object which will promt end user to download the file # file_bytes is the pdf file buffer, which you can i.e. attach to email return http_response
That's it! You can now convert your html to pdf and return it as a response.
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