I am able to generate the pdf using the Command Line wkhtmltopdf but when i use it in python lib Show
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asked Aug 30, 2012 at 10:08 2 I think there is an issue with the current version. I had the same issues, and if you look at their Github issues page, someone posted the same issue two days ago. This should have worked also, according to their documentation:
But instead I get:
Since it's a wrapper, I'm guessing the underlying application was updated, but the wrapper has not been. answered Sep 1, 2012 at 2:20
tacotaco 1,36117 silver badges31 bronze badges 1 The problem in typos and rewrited API in wkhtmltopdf/main.py Right now API is:
answered Apr 16, 2017 at 17:50
Andrey NikishaevAndrey Nikishaev 3,6595 gold badges38 silver badges53 bronze badges Contents
PDF is one of the most used digital format to save or transfer documents. In this article, we will learn how to convert HTML page to PDF. What additional libraries or software do we need?We will use pdfkit library and wkhtmltopdf. Install pdfkitTo install pdfkit, run the following pip command.
Run Install pdfkit libraryInstall wkhtmltopdfUbuntu or Debian users can install wkhtmltopdf using below apt-get command.
Run Provide the password if prompted. Windows users can download wkhtmltopdf from this official github repository wkhtmltopdf. The file size would be around 25MB and takes a moment to download. Once downloaded, double click on the binary file and continue with the installation. It would be mostly installed at the path Restart the command prompt, if you are running the python program using command prompt python command for the Path to take effect. Example 1: HTML to PDF using URLNow that the environment is setup, following is a simple example to convert HTML to PDF, where HTML is downloaded from a URL. We use the function from_url().
Run The converted PDF file is saved to the current path in the command prompt or terminal. Output pdf file would look like Example 2: Convert HTML to PDF from Local FileIf your HTML file is stored locally, you can use from_file() function and convert the local HTML file to PDF.
Run Example 2: Convert HTML String to PDFIf your HTML data is stored in a Python variable, you can use from_string() function and convert the HTML string to PDF.
Run SummaryWe have successfully converted a HTML data to PDF. We have considered HTML data to be from a URL, local file or a string. Related Tutorials
How do I import Wkhtmltopdf into Python?Installation. Install Xvfd: $ sudo apt-get install xvfb.. Install Fonts: $ sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic.. Install wkhtmltopdf: $ sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf.. Install flashplugin: $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree.. How do I use Wkhtmltopdf?Open a command prompt window. The syntax for using the tool is fairly simple, enter the name wkhtmltopdf, followed by the URL of the web page, and the name of the PDF that you want to create, like so. Let's say you want to save a copy of a website, this is what the command will look like.
How do I set up Wkhtmltopdf?Visit https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html and download the appropriate stable release for Linux. For my case I chose 32-bit which is wkhtmltox-0.12.. Unzipped the DEB file.. Unzipped data. tar. xz.. Uploaded the binary in the unzipped 'usr' folder from step 3 (usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf). How do I install Wkhtmltopdf in Jupyter notebook?wkhtmltopdf (Linux). In [5]: ! ... . %%! echo "Install Xvfd:" sudo apt-get install xvfb echo "Install Fonts:" sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable xfonts-cyrillic echo "Install wkhtmltopdf:" sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf. ... . %%! source activate GISpark pip install html2pdf. ... . In [1]: ... . In [2]: ... . |