How to Create PDF Files with Python [New Method 2024]

In this video, we'll create a PDF invoice using Python. We'll be using the libraries pdfkit, jinja2 and wkhtmltopdf.
👨🏻‍💻 Code/Dataset used in this video: github.com/ifrankandrade/auto...
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🔗 pdfkit Documentation: pypi.org/project/pdfkit/
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Content:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Create a simple PDF using Python
14:16 Create an invoice PDF using Python

[@CubaPavel]

Thank you, great video.

[@dandickout1282]

Great video Frank, very helpful.

[@ThePyCoach]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rowsenbayramow1040]

thx. good video 👍

[@leventsertac]

liked the video.

[@jozielsc]

When the document is long, in cases where it is necessary to repeat the header and footer, in addition to dealing with page breaks, what do you recommend?

[@dafeichdei]

Hi,
first of all, ty for that good video :).
For my self-developed ERP System i try to make a module wich creates my invoces.
Now what would happen in your program if you have so many posts that a new page is needed. Would it detect the page break itself or try to continue writing on the first page?

[@bd8991]

is it possible to use this in a react project? Very good video btw, thanks

[@karimilamaganti]

How can i send dynamic array for the itemss and totals?

[@johnsonberko1409]

You're amazing. I really needed to learn how generate pdf from html. God bless you

[@tech_no2797]

Hello Thank for video. But i try to to include image in m'y pdf from my local , not from internet. Bu dont work. Help me please

[@majidbutt5122]

i am using fpdf for pdf creation in arabic/urdu fonts. But the characters are separated in pdf output and they are not from right to left. plz suggest solution

[@anthonymarques6551]

Hello,
First of all, thanks for the demonstration.
If my HTML is already formatted and I just want to convert it into a PDF, how can I do it? I skip the variable steps only, correct?

[@_freak_8377]

Hello. Thank you for an AMAZING video! My only question is how can I change an output path for created pdfs?

[@OMGitsjustperfect]

How would you render a list?

[@janawue4164]

Hi, thank you for the really good video! Do you have any idea how I can deal with this if I have a variable number of invoice items and want to display them in the PDF? I am not sure how to do this in the HTML template.

[@disrael2101]

Perfect, are you offering a bootcamp for automation?

[@ThePyCoach]

Yep. Link in the description

[@disrael2101]

@@ThePyCoach no I mean like a live course bootcamp the udmey automation course looks exactly the same as your TH-cam videos projects

[@disrael2101]

@@ThePyCoach which MacBook model you use by the way

[@rohannirwan9868]

Hi I created 1 PDF but the created PDF file size was of 24 MB while the html file is only 800 KB

[@sigfigronath]

This is perfect! Can we make this as an app, even terminal app so we can add the values and it generates the invoice

[@ThePyCoach]

Sure. One way to implement what you ask would be using the input function for each variable that I created

[@bashful88]

Hello, I wanted to create a table in my pdf,. I will supply the input as an array. Is it possible to iterate through the array in the html using a for loop? Or will it take only static variables?

[@adminify]

Pass the Python list to the template and Jinja supports {% for item in yourlist %} you then access each item as {{ item}} then close out the loop with {% endfor %}

[@kuyabae9008]

@@adminify the problem is that the pdfkit only accepts dictionary.

[@johnhorton3727]

​@@kuyabae9008 maybe you're new to Python but a dictionary can contain a list. The below is perfectly fine.
context = {'client_name': client_name, 'today_date': today_date, 'total': f'${total:.2f}', 'month': month,
'yourlist':[
{'name': item1, 'subtotal': f'${subtotal1:.2f}'},
{'name': item2, 'subtotal': f'${subtotal2:.2f}'},
{'name': item3, 'subtotal': f'${subtotal3:.2f}'}
]
}

[@johnhorton3727]

Then in the HTML it would be something like:
{% for row in yourlist %}
 
{{row['name']}}
 
{{row['subtotal']}}
{% endfor %}

[@VEDANTSINGH-ij4qe]

i have a question................

[@CreativeGamez]

my i know which code editor is this?

[@lgaedits]

jetbrains pycharm

[@lgaedits]

it's the best editor out there but also the most expensive. I would rather use vs unless u get it paid by ur company or school

[@lovathon6365]

Nothing against you as a creator, but I am learning python and my udemy course has this unfortunate portion that deals with pdf's... after watching your video, i can 1000% say, that making pdf's is the worst thing i have learned in python so far and couldn't even complete that portion of my course. HTML in python, basically, is just horrendous and mind numbing. anything to do with creation is front end and focusing on backend, its just masochism.