pdf_text_overlay
pdf_text_overlay lets you
- add text to the existing pdf
- generate pdf from jinja HTML template
Installation
pip install pdf_text_overlay
or Clone the repository and run
python setup.py install
Example: PDF text overlay
import json
from pdf_text_overlay import pdf_writer
configuration = json.loads("""[
{
"page_number":1,
"variables":[
{
"name":"name",
"x-coordinate":180,
"y-coordinate":665,
"font_size":8
},
{
"name":"gender",
"conditional_coordinates":[
{
"if_value":"Male",
"print_pattern":"*",
"x-coordinate":96,
"y-coordinate":577
},
{
"if_value":"Female",
"print_pattern":"*",
"x-coordinate":132,
"y-coordinate":577
},
{
"if_value":"Transgender",
"print_pattern":"*",
"x-coordinate":178,
"y-coordinate":577
}
]
}
]
},
{
"page_number":2,
"variables":[
{
"name":"bank_name",
"x-coordinate":135,
"y-coordinate":326
}
]
},
{
"page_number":0,
"variables":[
{
"name":"user_ifsc",
"x-coordinate":400,
"y-coordinate":6
}
]
}
]""")
data = json.loads("""{
"name":"Goli",
"gender":"Male",
"user_ifsc":"HDFC0004421",
"bank_name":"HDFC BANK"
}""")
original_pdf = file("file_name.pdf", "rb")
font = file("font_name.ttf", "rb")
output = pdf_writer(original_pdf, configuration, data, font)
outputStream = file("output.pdf", "wb")
output.write(outputStream)
outputStream.close()Example: PDF from template
from pdf_text_overlay import pdf_from_template
jinja_data = {
"title": "Jinja PDF Demo",
"stocks": [
{"symbol": "PIEDPIPER", "qty": 100, "price": 2500},
{"symbol": "HOOLI", "qty": 100, "price": 2500},
]
}
with open("template.html") as htmlfile:
html_str = htmlfile.read()
filecontent = pdf_from_template(html_str, jinja_data)
f = open('output.pdf', 'wb')
f.write(filecontent)
f.close()
Built With
- pyPdf - A Pure-Python library built as a PDF toolkit
- reportlab - An Open Source Python library for generating PDFs and graphics.
- pdfkit - Wrapper for wkhtmltopdf utility to convert HTML to PDF using Webkit
Contributing
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
Versioning
For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License
