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## 0-PY-HTML-PDF.MD

      
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              0-PY-HTML-PDF.MD
            
          
    PYTHON CONVERT HTML TO PDF

https://code-boxx.com/python-convert-html-to-pdf/
NOTES


Run unpack.bat (Windows) unpack.sh (Linux/Mac). This will:

Download the below dummy image.
Create a virtual environment.
Install pdfkit, PyQt5, PyQtWebEngine.


Run the respective 1-pdfkit.py, 2-qt.py, 3-chrome.py for the different conversion methods.
For 1-pdfkit.py to work, you need to install wkhtmltopdf - https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html

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LICENSE

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## 1-pdfkit.py
# (A) LOAD PDFKIT
import pdfkit

# (B) HTML TO PDF
pdfkit.from_string(
  "<h1>It Works!</h1><p>This is an HTML string</p>",
  "demo1.pdf"
)

pdfkit.from_file(
  "x-dummy.html",
  "demo2.pdf",
  options = {"enable-local-file-access": ""}
)

pdfkit.from_url(
  "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)",
  "demo3.pdf"
)

## 2-qt.py
# (A) LOAD MODULES
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl

# (B) CREATE QAPP
app = QApplication(sys.argv)

# (C) WEB ENGINE VIEW - PRINT URL TO PDF
webview = QWebEngineView()
webview.setZoomFactor(1)
webview.page().pdfPrintingFinished.connect(webview.close)
webview.load(QUrl("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)"))
def to_pdf(finished):
  webview.page().printToPdf("demo4.pdf")
webview.loadFinished.connect(to_pdf)

# (D) GO!
sys.exit(app.exec_())

## 3-chrome.py
# (A) CHANGE TO YOUR OWN!
chrome = "C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
output = "D:\\http\\demo5.pdf"
url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)"
cmd = f'"{chrome}" --headless --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf="{output}" {url}'

# (B) RUN COMMAND
import subprocess
subprocess.run(cmd)

## unpack.bat
curl https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11156244/280919934-c3443d1f-a1ea-4e3c-bb4b-a4e47715f5da.png --ssl-no-revoke --output celebrate.png
virtualenv venv
call venv\Scripts\activate
pip install pdfkit PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine

## unpack.sh
curl https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11156244/280919934-c3443d1f-a1ea-4e3c-bb4b-a4e47715f5da.png --ssl-no-revoke --output ./celebrate.png
virtualenv venv
source "venv/bin/activate"
pip install pdfkit PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine

## x-dummy.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Dummy HTML page</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>It Works!</h1>
    <img src="celebrate.png">
    <p>This is from an HTML file.</p>
  </body>
</html>
	# (A) LOAD PDFKIT
	import pdfkit

	# (B) HTML TO PDF
	pdfkit.from_string(
	"<h1>It Works!</h1><p>This is an HTML string</p>",
	"demo1.pdf"
	)

	pdfkit.from_file(
	"x-dummy.html",
	"demo2.pdf",
	options = {"enable-local-file-access": ""}
	)

	pdfkit.from_url(
	"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)",
	"demo3.pdf"
	)
	# (A) LOAD MODULES
	import sys
	from PyQt5.QtWebEngineWidgets import QWebEngineView
	from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication
	from PyQt5.QtCore import QUrl

	# (B) CREATE QAPP
	app = QApplication(sys.argv)

	# (C) WEB ENGINE VIEW - PRINT URL TO PDF
	webview = QWebEngineView()
	webview.setZoomFactor(1)
	webview.page().pdfPrintingFinished.connect(webview.close)
	webview.load(QUrl("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)"))
	def to_pdf(finished):
	webview.page().printToPdf("demo4.pdf")
	webview.loadFinished.connect(to_pdf)

	# (D) GO!
	sys.exit(app.exec_())
	# (A) CHANGE TO YOUR OWN!
	chrome = "C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
	output = "D:\\http\\demo5.pdf"
	url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koto_(instrument)"
	cmd = f'"{chrome}" --headless --disable-gpu --print-to-pdf="{output}" {url}'

	# (B) RUN COMMAND
	import subprocess
	subprocess.run(cmd)
	curl https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11156244/280919934-c3443d1f-a1ea-4e3c-bb4b-a4e47715f5da.png --ssl-no-revoke --output celebrate.png
	virtualenv venv
	call venv\Scripts\activate
	pip install pdfkit PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine
	curl https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/11156244/280919934-c3443d1f-a1ea-4e3c-bb4b-a4e47715f5da.png --ssl-no-revoke --output ./celebrate.png
	virtualenv venv
	source "venv/bin/activate"
	pip install pdfkit PyQt5 PyQtWebEngine
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Dummy HTML page</title>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	</head>
	<body>
	<h1>It Works!</h1>
	<img src="celebrate.png">
	<p>This is from an HTML file.</p>
	</body>
	</html>