example rendering LATEX document to PDF

gistfile1.py

  
		from apps.staff.models import MHRBoxEmployee
		
		employee = MHRBoxEmployee.objects.get(id=uid)
		
		params = {
			'employee' : employee,
		}
		
		# render the document with latex
		tex_doc = render_to_string('tex/employee_agreement.tex', params)
		(pdf, pdf_preview) = make_pdf(tex_doc)
		
		# set document file name on s3 and upload to cloud
		cloudname = "%s.pdf" % str(uuid.uuid4())[0:8]
		s3_url = upload_document(path=os.path.abspath(os.path.join(settings.THECONTRACTBOX_DIR, pdf[1:])), doc_name=sloudname)
		return s3_url