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Quick markdown file to PDF routine.
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| import os | |
| import markdown | |
| from markdown_include.include import MarkdownInclude | |
| import weasyprint | |
| from mako.template import Template | |
| HTML_BOILERPLATE_TEMPLATE = """ | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <style>{css}</style> | |
| </head> | |
| <body>{body}</body> | |
| </html> | |
| """ | |
| def render_markdown_pdf(file_path, style_path, local={}): | |
| """ | |
| render_markdown renders a given markdown file as HTML. | |
| """ | |
| markdown_dir = os.path.dirname(file_path) | |
| ## load the markdown file, render it as a template | |
| markdown_template = None | |
| with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fh: | |
| markdown_template = fh.read() | |
| # render the file as a template | |
| markdown_template = Template(markdown_template).render(**local) | |
| ## render the file as HTML | |
| # load the style sheet | |
| css = None | |
| with open(style_path, 'r') as fh: | |
| css = fh.read() | |
| markdown_incl = MarkdownInclude(configs={'base_path': markdown_dir}) | |
| body = markdown.markdown( | |
| markdown_template, | |
| extensions=['extra', markdown_incl, 'meta', 'tables']) | |
| html = HTML_BOILERPLATE_TEMPLATE.format(css=css, body=body) | |
| ## convert the HTML to PDF | |
| pdf = weasyprint.HTML(string=html, base_url=markdown_dir) | |
| return pdf.write_pdf(None) |
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