SVG to PNG in Python

svg-to-png.py

#
# Usage:
#   - have all svg's in a particular folder
#   - cd into that folder
#   - call the script with the desired size as a parameter
#     python svg-to-png.py 500
#
#
import glob
import os
import sys


size = str(sys.argv[1])

targetDirectory = "."

os.chdir(targetDirectory)


# 2. create folder {size} if it does not exist yet
command = "mkdir -p " + size
os.system(command)


for file in glob.glob("*.svg"):
    # outputPath = "./" + size + "/" + filename.svg

    folder = size + "/"
    newfile = folder + file + ".png"
    command = "rsvg-convert -h " + size + " " + file + " > " + newfile
    print command
    # command = "qlmanage -t -s 1000 -o . " + file
    os.system(command)