xhtml2pdf print pdf

README.md

pip install xhtml2pdf

views.py

from io import BytesIO

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template.loader import get_template
from xhtml2pdf import pisa


def html_to_pdf(template_src, context_dict={}):
    # defining the function to convert an HTML file to a PDF file
    template = get_template(template_src)
    html = template.render(context_dict)
    result = BytesIO()
    pdf = pisa.pisaDocument(BytesIO(html.encode("utf-8")), result)
    if not pdf.err:
        return HttpResponse(result.getvalue(), content_type='application/pdf')
    return None


def relatorio(request, slug):
    template_name = 'relatorio.html'
    today = date.today()
    instance = get_object_or_404(Modelo, slug=slug)
    context = {
        'object': instance,
        'today': today,
    }
    pdf = html_to_pdf(template_name, context)
    response = HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')
    filename = f'relatorio_{instance.id}.pdf'
    response['Content-Disposition'] = f'inline;filename={filename}'
    return response