how to use python pdfkit with python flask webapp
Like this example below, set project directory like this:enter image description here
this the code for app.py
from flask import Flask, render_templateimport pdfkitimport osapp = Flask(__name__)app.config['PDF_FOLDER'] = 'static/pdf/'app.config['TEMPLATE_FOLDER'] = 'templates/'@app.route('/')def index(): return render_template('index.html')@app.route('/convert')def konversi(): htmlfile = app.config['TEMPLATE_FOLDER'] + 'index.html' pdffile = app.config['PDF_FOLDER'] + 'demo.pdf' pdfkit.from_file(htmlfile, pdffile) return '''Click here to open the <a href="http://localhost:5000/static/pdf/demo4.pdf">pdf</a>.'''if __name__ == '__main__': app.run(debug=True)index.html
<html><head> <title>Demo pdfkit</title></head><body> <h2>Flask PDFKit</h2> <table border="1"> <tr> <th width="90">ID</th> <th width="250">Title</th> <th width="150">writer</th> <th width="170">Publisher</th> </tr> <tr> <td>B001</td> <td>Learning Flask Framework</td> <td>Matt Copperwaite</td> <td>PACKT Publishing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>B002</td> <td>Flask By Example</td> <td>Gareth Dwyer</td> <td>PACKT Publishing</td> </tr> <tr> <td>B003</td> <td>Essential SQLAlchemy</td> <td>Rick Copeland</td> <td>OReilly</td> </tr> </table> <p><a href="http://localhost:5000/convert">Convert to PDF</a></p></body></html>or you can just use code like this:
import pdfkit# from filepdfkit.from_file('templates/index.html', 'demo_from_file.pdf')# from stringpdfkit.from_string('Hello World', 'demo_from_string.pdf')# from urlpdfkit.from_url('https://www.google.com/', 'demo_from_url.pdf')