html2pdf-chromium

Convert HTML files or HTML strings to PDF using Chromium-based browsers(like Chrome or Edge) in headless mode without dependencies such as chromedriver.

✨ Features

• 📄 Convert HTML files or strings to PDF
• 🧠 Uses headless Chrome or Edge
• 🧰 No additional Python dependencies — uses only the standard library
• ❌ Does not require chromedriver or Selenium

📦 Installation

pip install html2pdf-chromium

Usage

PDF from HTML File

from html2pdf_chromium import Converter

converter = Converter()  # Uses Chrome by default
converter.convert_file("example.html", "output.pdf")

PDF from HTML String

from html2pdf_chromium import Converter

converter = Converter()  # Uses Chrome by default
content = """
<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Hello PDF!</h1>
    <p>This was generated from an HTML string.</p>
  </body>
</html>
"""
converter.convert_string(content, "output.pdf")

Selecting browser (used to detect executables in common paths)

from html2pdf_chromium import Converter

converter = Converter(browser="edge")
converter.convert_file("example.html", "output.pdf")

Using a custom path for other Chromium based browsers

from html2pdf_chromium import Converter

converter = Converter(executable_path="path_to_executable/chromium.exe") 
converter.convert_file("example.html", "output.pdf")