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md2pdf - Command line Markdown to PDF converter with support for CSS stylesheets and custom fonts
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
import os | |
import sys | |
from markdown2 import markdown | |
from xhtml2pdf import pisa | |
""" | |
## Inspired by | |
https://github.com/walle/gimli | |
https://gist.github.com/SpotlightKid/0efb4d07f28af1c8fc1b | |
## Documentation of underlying tools | |
http://xhtml2pdf.appspot.com/static/pisa-en.html | |
Required packages: markdown2, xhtml2pdf, html5lib | |
""" | |
DEFAULT_EXTRAS = [ | |
'fenced-code-blocks', | |
'footnotes', | |
'metadata', | |
'pyshell', | |
'smarty-pants', | |
'tag-friendly', | |
'wiki-tables' | |
] | |
def main(md_file, css_file): | |
# read css file | |
from xhtml2pdf.default import DEFAULT_CSS | |
if css_file is not None: | |
with open(css_file) as f: | |
DEFAULT_CSS += f.read() | |
# read markdown | |
with open(md_file) as f: | |
md = f.read() | |
# to html | |
html = markdown(md, extras=DEFAULT_EXTRAS) | |
base_with_path = os.path.splitext(sys.argv[1])[0] | |
basename = os.path.basename(base_with_path) | |
with open('%s.pdf'%basename, "wb") as fp: | |
# convert HTML to PDF | |
pisa.CreatePDF(html, dest=fp, default_css=DEFAULT_CSS) | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
if len(sys.argv) == 1: | |
print('Usage: md2pdf input.md style.css') | |
print(' You can also set a CSS file as env var.') | |
print(' E.g. export MD2PDF_CSS=style.css') | |
sys.exit() | |
if len(sys.argv) == 2: | |
css = os.getenv('MD2PDF_CSS') | |
if len(sys.argv) == 3: | |
css = sys.argv[2] | |
main(sys.argv[1], css) |
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When I put a css file, I have
python md2pdf.py README.md style.css
Traceback (most recent call last): File "md2pdf.py", line 63, in <module> main(sys.argv[1], css) File "md2pdf.py", line 50, in main pisa.CreatePDF(html, dest=fp, default_css=DEFAULT_CSS) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/document.py", line 89, in pisaDocument encoding, context=context, xml_output=xml_output) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/document.py", line 57, in pisaStory pisaParser(src, context, default_css, xhtml, encoding, xml_output) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/parser.py", line 685, in pisaParser context.parseCSS() File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/context.py", line 499, in parseCSS self.cssDefault = self.cssParser.parse(self.cssDefaultText) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 434, in parse src, stylesheet = self._parseStylesheet(src) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 538, in _parseStylesheet src, ruleset = self._parseRuleset(src) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 835, in _parseRuleset src, selectors = self._parseSelectorGroup(src) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 846, in _parseSelectorGroup src, selector = self._parseSelector(src) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 860, in _parseSelector src, selector = self._parseSimpleSelector(src) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 914, in _parseSimpleSelector src, selector = self._parseSelectorPseudo(src, selector) File "/home/username/.virtualenvs/burundi_ureport/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/xhtml2pdf/w3c/cssParser.py", line 989, in _parseSelectorPseudo raise self.ParseError('Selector Pseudo Function closing \')\' not found', src, ctxsrc) xhtml2pdf.w3c.cssParser.CSSParseError: Selector Pseudo Function closing ')' not found:: (u':not(', u'[controls]) {\n disp')