wkhtmltopdf 0.2

Simple python wrapper for wkhtmltopdf

python-wkhtmltopdf

A simple python wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf lib (http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/) with flash support.

Requirements

System:

• Xvfd

• wkhtmltopdf

• flashplugin-nonfree

• python 2.5+

Installation

wkhtmltopdf

1. Install Xvfd:

   $ sudo apt-get install xvfb

2. Install Fonts:

   $ sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic

3. Install wkhtmltopdf:

   $ sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

4. Install flashplugin:

   $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

python-wkhtmltopdf

1. From git:

   $ git clone [e-mail]:qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf.git
   $ cd python-wkhtmltopdf
   $ python setup.py install

Usage

Simple Usage::

1. Use from class:

   from wkhtmltopdf import WKHtmlToPdf
   
   wkhtmltopdf = WKHtmlToPdf(
       url='http://www.example.com',
       output_file='~/example.pdf',
   )
   wkhtmltopdf.render()

2. Use from method:

   from wkhtmltopdf import wkhtmltopdf
   
   wkhtmltopdf(url='example.com', output_file='~/example.pdf')

3. Use from commandline (installed):

   $ python -m wkhtmltopdf.main example.com ~/example.pdf

4. Use the api (installed):

   $ python -m wkhtmltopdf.api &
   $ wget http://localhost:8888/?url=example.com&output_file=example.pdf

Required Arguments:

• url - the url to convert to pdf

• output_file - the pdf file that you want to create

Optional Arguments:

• screen_resolution (default: [1024, 768])

• color_depth (default: 24 (bit))

• flash_plugin (default: True)

• disable_javascript (default: False)

• delay (default: 0 (millisecs))

• orientation (default: Portrait)

• dpi (default: 100)

• no_background (default: False)

• grayscale (default: False)

• http_username (default: None)

• http_password (default: None)

• header_html (default: None)

• footer_html (default: None)

Authors:

• Jonathan Bydendyk ([e-mail])