cantoniazzi/create_pdf.py

## create_pdf.py
from jinja2 import Environment
from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader
from pdfkit import from_string


def create_pdf():
    template_vars = {
       'template_title': 'A template example',
       'template_description': 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit'
    }

    env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader('your_template_path'))
    template = env.get_template('your_template_file.html')
    html_out = template.render(template_vars)

    file_content = from_string(
        html_out,
        False,
        options='here_a_dict_with_special_page_properties',
        css='here_your_css_file_path' # its a list e.g ['my_css.css', 'my_other_css.css']
    )

    return file_content


def save_pdf(file_content):
    try:
        with open('your_pdf_file_here.pdf', 'wb+') as file:
            file.write(file_content)

    except Exception as error:
        logging.error(f'Error saving file to disc. Error: {error}')
        raise error


if __name__ == '__main__':
    pdf_file = create_pdf()
    save_pdf(pdf_file)

## your_template_file.html
<head></head>
<body>
    <h1>Interest Rate: {{ template_title }}%</h1>
    <p>{{ template_description }}</p>
</body>
	from jinja2 import Environment
	from jinja2 import FileSystemLoader
	from pdfkit import from_string


	def create_pdf():
	template_vars = {
	'template_title': 'A template example',
	'template_description': 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit'
	}

	env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader('your_template_path'))
	template = env.get_template('your_template_file.html')
	html_out = template.render(template_vars)

	file_content = from_string(
	html_out,
	False,
	options='here_a_dict_with_special_page_properties',
	css='here_your_css_file_path' # its a list e.g ['my_css.css', 'my_other_css.css']
	)

	return file_content


	def save_pdf(file_content):
	try:
	with open('your_pdf_file_here.pdf', 'wb+') as file:
	file.write(file_content)

	except Exception as error:
	logging.error(f'Error saving file to disc. Error: {error}')
	raise error


	if __name__ == '__main__':
	pdf_file = create_pdf()
	save_pdf(pdf_file)
	<head></head>
	<body>
	<h1>Interest Rate: {{ template_title }}%</h1>
	<p>{{ template_description }}</p>
	</body>