formepdf 0.8.1

Python SDK for the Forme hosted PDF API

forme

Python SDK for the Forme hosted PDF API.

Installation

pip install formepdf

Quick Start

from formepdf import Forme

client = Forme("forme_sk_...")

# Render a template to PDF bytes
pdf = client.render("invoice", {"customer": "Acme", "total": 100})

with open("invoice.pdf", "wb") as f:
    f.write(pdf)

API Reference

Forme(api_key, base_url="https://api.formepdf.com")

Create a client instance.

client.render(slug, data=None, *, s3=None)

Render a template synchronously. Returns bytes (PDF), or a dict with {"url": "..."} when s3 is provided.

# Direct PDF bytes
pdf = client.render("invoice", {"customer": "Acme"})

# Upload to S3
result = client.render("invoice", {"customer": "Acme"}, s3={
    "bucket": "my-bucket",
    "key": "invoices/001.pdf",
    "accessKeyId": "AK...",
    "secretAccessKey": "SK...",
})
print(result["url"])

client.render_async(slug, data=None, *, webhook_url=None)

Start an asynchronous render job. Returns {"jobId": "...", "status": "pending"}.

job = client.render_async("report", data, webhook_url="https://example.com/hook")
print(job["jobId"])

client.get_job(job_id)

Poll the status of an async job.

result = client.get_job("job-123")
if result["status"] == "complete":
    pdf_b64 = result["pdfBase64"]

client.extract(pdf_bytes)

Extract embedded data from a PDF. Returns the data dict, or None if none is embedded.

data = client.extract(pdf_bytes)

Error Handling

All methods raise FormeError on non-2xx responses:

from formepdf import Forme, FormeError

try:
    pdf = client.render("invoice", data)
except FormeError as e:
    print(f"Error {e.status}: {e.message}")

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• No dependencies (stdlib only)