python-wkhtmltopdf

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

Requirements

System:

• 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 git@github.com: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)