markdown_pdf.py

import markdown2
from xhtml2pdf import pisa
import os

def create_pdf_from_markdown(markdown_file, output_filename):
    # Read the content of the Markdown file
    with open(markdown_file, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as md_file:
        markdown_content = md_file.read()

    # Convert the Markdown content to HTML with markdown2
    html_content = markdown2.markdown(markdown_content)

    # Create a PDF file from the HTML content
    with open(output_filename, 'wb') as pdf_file:
        pisa_status = pisa.CreatePDF(html_content, dest=pdf_file)

    # Check if there was an error during PDF generation
    if not pisa_status.err:
        print('PDF file successfully generated:', output_filename)
    else:
        print('Error generating PDF file:', pisa_status.err)

# Specify the path to the input Markdown file
markdown_file = 'input_markdown.md'

# Specify the name of the output PDF file
output_filename = 'output_from_markdown.pdf'

# Call the function to create the PDF file from the Markdown file
create_pdf_from_markdown(markdown_file, output_filename)