resumecraft 0.4.0

Generate professional resumes from JSON with DOCX/PDF export, custom styling, and web framework support.

ResumeCraft

Generate professional resumes from JSON with DOCX/PDF export, custom styling, and web framework support.

Use it as a Python library, CLI tool, or integrate into your web app (FastAPI, Django, Flask, etc.).

Features

• JSON-driven — All resume content lives in a single JSON file, easy to version control
• Auto bold keywords — Define a list of keywords and they get bolded automatically in all bullet points
• Right-aligned dates — Company locations and durations are properly right-aligned using tab stops
• Clickable hyperlinks — Email, LinkedIn, GitHub, and project links are real clickable hyperlinks
• Smart page breaks — Section headers never get orphaned at the bottom of a page
• Separate project sections — Professional projects and personal/open source projects in distinct sections
• Tech stack tags — Italic grey tech stack line under each project
• Pydantic validation — JSON is validated against strict data models before building
• Custom section ordering — Control which sections appear and in what order
• Watch mode — Auto-rebuild on file save
• PDF output — Optional PDF conversion via docx2pdf
• Auto-open — Open the generated file after building with --open

Installation

As a library

pip install resumecraft                # Core library only
pip install resumecraft[pdf]           # + PDF output support

As a CLI tool

pip install resumecraft[cli]           # Core + CLI
pip install resumecraft[cli,pdf,watch] # Everything
pip install resumecraft[all]           # Same as above

# Or install globally
pipx install "resumecraft[cli]"
uv tool install "resumecraft[cli]"

Quick Start

# 1. Generate a template
resumecraft init -o my-resume.json

# 2. Edit my-resume.json with your details

# 3. Build your resume
resumecraft build my-resume.json

# 4. Build and open immediately
resumecraft build my-resume.json --open

# 5. Validate without building
resumecraft validate my-resume.json

# 6. Watch for changes and rebuild automatically (defaults to PDF)
resumecraft watch my-resume.json --open

CLI Reference

resumecraft --help                      Show all commands
resumecraft --version                   Show version
resumecraft init -o FILE                Generate a blank JSON template
resumecraft build FILE [-o FILE] [--open]  Build .docx (or .pdf) from JSON
resumecraft validate FILE               Validate JSON without building
resumecraft watch FILE [-o FILE] [--open]  Watch and rebuild on file changes

When -o is omitted from build, the output file is automatically named with a timestamp, e.g., resume_2026-04-01_03-45pm.docx.

When -o is omitted from watch, the output defaults to <input-name>.pdf. PDF viewers don't lock files, so changes appear instantly.

Use as a Library

from resumecraft import ResumeCraft

# From a JSON file
rc = ResumeCraft.from_json("my-resume.json")
rc.to_docx("resume.docx")

# From a dict
rc = ResumeCraft({"name": "John Doe", "contact": {...}, "summary": "..."})
rc.to_docx("resume.docx")

# From a JSON string
rc = ResumeCraft('{"name": "John Doe", ...}')

# Get bytes (for web frameworks)
content = rc.to_bytes()

# Export as PDF (requires: pip install resumecraft[pdf])
rc.to_pdf("resume.pdf")

# Export back to dict
data = rc.to_dict()

# Get a sample template to see all fields
sample = ResumeCraft.sample()

# Get JSON schema for editor validation
schema = ResumeCraft.json_schema()

FastAPI example

import io
import tempfile
from fastapi import FastAPI
from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, StreamingResponse
from resumecraft import ResumeCraft

app = FastAPI()

@app.post("/resume/docx")
def generate_docx(data: dict):
    rc = ResumeCraft(data)
    return StreamingResponse(
        io.BytesIO(rc.to_bytes()),
        media_type="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
        headers={"Content-Disposition": "attachment; filename=resume.docx"},
    )

@app.post("/resume/pdf")
def generate_pdf(data: dict):
    rc = ResumeCraft(data)
    tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".pdf", delete=False)
    rc.to_pdf(tmp.name)
    return FileResponse(tmp.name, filename="resume.pdf", media_type="application/pdf")

Flask example

import io
import tempfile
from flask import Flask, request, send_file
from resumecraft import ResumeCraft

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.post("/resume/docx")
def generate_docx():
    rc = ResumeCraft(request.json)
    return send_file(
        io.BytesIO(rc.to_bytes()),
        mimetype="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document",
        download_name="resume.docx",
    )

@app.post("/resume/pdf")
def generate_pdf():
    rc = ResumeCraft(request.json)
    tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".pdf", delete=False)
    rc.to_pdf(tmp.name)
    return send_file(tmp.name, mimetype="application/pdf", download_name="resume.pdf")

See the examples/ folder for more complete examples including Django.

Advanced usage

You can also use the lower-level Resume and DocxBuilder classes directly:

from resumecraft import Resume, DocxBuilder

resume = Resume.from_json("my-resume.json")
DocxBuilder(resume).save("resume.docx")

JSON Structure

Run resumecraft init to generate a full template. Here's the structure:

{
  "name": "Your Name",
  "contact": {
    "location": "City, Country",
    "email": "[e-mail]",
    "phone": "[phone]",
    "links": [
      { "label": "LinkedIn", "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/you" },
      { "label": "GitHub", "url": "https://github.com/you" }
    ]
  },
  "summary": "A brief professional summary...",
  "bold_keywords": ["FastAPI", "React", "PostgreSQL"],
  "experience": [
    {
      "company": "Company Name",
      "location": "City, Country",
      "title": "Your Title",
      "duration": "JAN 2023 - PRESENT",
      "bullets": ["What you did and the impact it had."]
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "Project Name",
      "subtitle": "| Description",
      "tech_stack": "Python, FastAPI",
      "link": null,
      "bullets": ["What you built."]
    }
  ],
  "professional_projects": [
    {
      "name": "Project Name",
      "subtitle": "| Location | Type",
      "tech_stack": "FastAPI, React, PostgreSQL",
      "link": null,
      "bullets": ["What you built."]
    }
  ],
  "personal_projects": [
    {
      "name": "Side Project",
      "subtitle": "| Personal Project",
      "tech_stack": null,
      "link": { "label": "GitHub", "url": "https://github.com/you/project" },
      "bullets": ["What you built and why."]
    }
  ],
  "skills": [
    { "category": "Backend", "items": "Python (FastAPI, Django), Node.js" },
    { "category": "Frontend", "items": "React, TypeScript" }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "University Name",
      "degree": "Bachelor of Computer Science",
      "duration": "2019 - 2023"
    }
  ],
  "languages": "English - Native  |  Hindi - Professional",
  "style": {
    "font": "calibri",
    "color": "black",
    "spacing": "normal"
  },
  "section_order": [
    "summary",
    "experience",
    "professional_projects",
    "personal_projects",
    "skills",
    "education",
    "languages"
  ]
}

Field Reference

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Full name displayed at the top
contact	object	Yes	Location, email, phone, and links
summary	string	Yes	Professional summary paragraph
bold_keywords	string[]	No	Words to auto-bold in all bullet points
experience	object[]	No	Work experience entries
projects	object[]	No	Single unified projects section
professional_projects	object[]	No	Client/employer projects (use with personal_projects for split sections)
personal_projects	object[]	No	Side projects and open source work
skills	object[]	No	Categorized skill lists
education	object[]	No	Degrees and institutions
languages	string	No	Language proficiencies
section_order	string[]	No	Custom order of sections (omit for default). Only listed sections are rendered.
style	object	No	Styling options (font, color, spacing)

Style Options

Add a style object to customize the look of your resume:

{
  "style": {
    "font": "garamond",
    "color": "navy",
    "spacing": "compact"
  }
}

Option	Choices	Default
font	calibri, arial, times, garamond, georgia, helvetica, cambria	calibri
color	black, navy, forest, maroon, slate, royal	black
spacing	compact, normal, relaxed	normal

Available sections for section_order

summary, experience, projects, professional_projects, personal_projects, skills, education, languages

Note: Use either projects for a single section, or professional_projects + personal_projects for two separate sections. If you use projects, include it in section_order — it's not part of the default order.

Project Structure

resumecraft/
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
├── LICENSE
├── examples/
│   ├── basic.py            # Simple usage
│   ├── from_json.py        # Build from JSON file
│   ├── styled.py           # Custom fonts, colors, spacing
│   ├── fastapi_app.py      # FastAPI REST API
│   ├── flask_app.py        # Flask REST API
│   └── django_view.py      # Django views
├── src/resumecraft/
│   ├── __init__.py        # Public API (ResumeCraft, Resume, DocxBuilder)
│   ├── craft.py           # ResumeCraft facade (simple high-level API)
│   ├── cli.py             # Typer CLI commands (build, validate, init, watch)
│   ├── models.py          # Pydantic data models
│   ├── builder.py         # DocxBuilder — converts models to .docx
│   ├── styles.py          # Styling constants (fonts, sizes, colors, margins)
│   └── utils.py           # Helpers (hyperlinks, keep_with_next, bold patterns)
└── tests/
    ├── fixtures/
    │   └── sample.json    # Sample resume for tests
    ├── test_models.py
    ├── test_builder.py
    ├── test_craft.py
    ├── test_cli.py
    └── test_utils.py

Development

git clone https://github.com/mdfarhankc/resumecraft.git
cd resumecraft
uv sync --extra dev

Run tests

uv run pytest

Build

uv build

This creates dist/resumecraft-x.x.x.tar.gz and dist/resumecraft-x.x.x-py3-none-any.whl.

Publish to PyPI

Create a GitHub release (e.g., v0.2.0) and the CI workflow will publish to PyPI automatically via trusted publishing.

License

MIT