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Convert HTML to PDF documents in Python using xhtml2pdf library. Check https://products.documentprocessing.com/conversion/python/xhtml2pdf/ for more details.
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converting-html-file-to-pdf-document-using-xhtml2pdf-library.py
# Import the pisa module from the xhtml2pdf library
from xhtml2pdf import pisa
# Import the BytesIO class from the io module
from io import BytesIO
# Open the HTML file for reading
with open("file.html", "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
# Read the content of the file and store it as a string
html_content = file.read()
# Create a BytesIO object to store the PDF output
pdf_output = BytesIO()
# Convert the HTML content to a PDF document
pisa.CreatePDF(html_content, dest=pdf_output, encoding='utf-8')
# Open a PDF file for writing in binary mode
with open("html-file-to-pdf.pdf", "wb") as pdf_file:
# Write the PDF content to the file
pdf_file.write(pdf_output.getvalue())
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converting-html-string-to-pdf-document-using-xhtml2pdf-library.py
# Import the pisa module from the xhtml2pdf library
from xhtml2pdf import pisa
# Import the BytesIO class from the io module
from io import BytesIO
# HTML content that is to be converted to a PDF
html_content = """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Example with Hyperlinks</h1>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.example.com">Example</a></p>
</body>
</html>
"""
# Create a BytesIO object to store the PDF output
pdf_output = BytesIO()
# Use xhtml2pdf to convert the HTML content to a PDF and store it in pdf_output
pisa.CreatePDF(html_content, dest=pdf_output, encoding='utf-8')
# Open a PDF file for writing in binary mode
with open("html-to-pdf.pdf", "wb") as pdf_file:
# Write the PDF content to the file
pdf_file.write(pdf_output.getvalue())
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