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https://github.com/qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf

A simple python wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf lib.
https://github.com/qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf

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A simple python wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf lib.

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NO LONGER MAINTAINED
====================

python-wkhtmltopdf
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A simple python wrapper for the wkhtmltopdf lib (https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf)

Requirements
------------

System:
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- Linux 32/64 or OSX only (Windows is not supported at this stage)
- Xvfd
- wkhtmltopdf
- python 2.5+

Installation
------------

wkhtmltopdf (Linux)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Install Xvfd::

$ sudo apt-get install xvfb

2. Install Fonts::

$ sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic

3. Install wkhtmltopdf::

$ sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf

wkhtmltopdf (OSX)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Install wkhtmltopdf::

$ brew install wkhtmltopdf

python-wkhtmltopdf (Any Platform)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Development::

$ git clone [email protected]:qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf.git
$ cd python-wkhtmltopdf
$ virtualenv .
$ pip install -r requirements.pip

2. PIP::

$ pip install git+https://github.com/qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf.git

or from pypi

$ pip install python-wkhtmltopdf

Usage
-----

Simple Usage::
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1. Use from class::

from wkhtmltopdf import WKHtmlToPdf

wkhtmltopdf = WKHtmlToPdf(
url='http://www.example.com',
output_file='~/example.pdf',
)
wkhtmltopdf.render()

2. Use from method::

from wkhtmltopdf import wkhtmltopdf

wkhtmltopdf(url='example.com', output_file='~/example.pdf')

3. Use from commandline (installed)::

$ python -m wkhtmltopdf.main example.com ~/example.pdf

4. Use the api (installed)::

$ python -m wkhtmltopdf.api &
$ wget http://localhost:8888/?url=example.com&output_file=example.pdf

Required Arguments:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- **url** - the url to convert to pdf
- **output_file** - the pdf file that you want to create

Optional Arguments:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- **enable-plugins** (default: True)
- **disable-javascript** (default: False)
- **no-background** (default: False)
- **grayscale** (default: False)
- **orientation** (default: Portrait)
- **dpi** (default: 100)
- **username** (default: None)
- **password** (default: None)
- **margin-bottom** (default: 10)
- **margin-top** (default: 10)
- **margin-left** (default: 10)
- **margin-right** (default: 10)
- **disable-smart-shrinking** (default: False)