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0-PY-HTML-PDF.MD

PYTHON CONVERT HTML TO PDF

https://code-boxx.com/python-convert-html-to-pdf/

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  1. Run unpack.bat (Windows) unpack.sh (Linux/Mac). This will:
    • Download the below dummy image.
    • Create a virtual environment.
    • Install pdfkit, PyQt5, PyQtWebEngine.
  2. Run the respective 1-pdfkit.py, 2-qt.py, 3-chrome.py for the different conversion methods.
  3. For 1-pdfkit.py to work, you need to install wkhtmltopdf - https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html

IMAGE

celebrate

LICENSE

Copyright by Code Boxx

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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1-pdfkit.py
# (A) LOAD PDFKIT
import pdfkit
# (B) HTML TO PDF
pdfkit.from_string(
"<h1>It Works!</h1><p>This is an HTML string</p>",
"demo1.pdf"
)
pdfkit.from_file(
"x-dummy.html",
"demo2.pdf",
options = {"enable-local-file-access": ""}
)
pdfkit.from_url(
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)",
"demo3.pdf"
)
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2-qt.py
# (A) LOAD MODULES
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl
# (B) CREATE QAPP
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
# (C) WEB ENGINE VIEW - PRINT URL TO PDF
webview = QWebEngineView()
webview.setZoomFactor(1)
webview.page().pdfPrintingFinished.connect(webview.close)
webview.load(QUrl("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)"))
def to_pdf(finished):
webview.page().printToPdf("demo4.pdf")
webview.loadFinished.connect(to_pdf)
# (D) GO!
sys.exit(app.exec_())
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3-chrome.py
# (A) CHANGE TO YOUR OWN!
chrome = "C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
output = "D:\\http\\demo5.pdf"
url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)"
cmd = f'"{chrome}" --headless --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf="{output}" {url}'
# (B) RUN COMMAND
import subprocess
subprocess.run(cmd)
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unpack.bat
curl https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11156244/280919934-c3443d1f-a1ea-4e3c-bb4b-a4e47715f5da.png --ssl-no-revoke --output celebrate.png
virtualenv venv
call venv\Scripts\activate
pip install pdfkit PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine
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unpack.sh
curl https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11156244/280919934-c3443d1f-a1ea-4e3c-bb4b-a4e47715f5da.png --ssl-no-revoke --output ./celebrate.png
virtualenv venv
source "venv/bin/activate"
pip install pdfkit PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine
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x-dummy.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Dummy HTML page</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<h1>It Works!</h1>
<img src="celebrate.png">
<p>This is from an HTML file.</p>
</body>
</html>
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