Is there any direct way to generate pdf from markdown file by python [closed]
I have done and would do it in two steps. First, I'd use python-markdown to make HTML out of my Markdown, and then I'd use xhtml2pdf to make a PDF file.
Edit (2014):
If I were doing this now, I might choose WeasyPrint as my HTML-to-PDF tool; it does a beautiful job, and I've used it on a couple projects recently.
Update for 2015:
I would use a combination of pdfkit and Python-Markdown. While this isn't a pure Python solution, but I've found it works best, especially if you're using Python 3.
First, install a prereq (or download here: http://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html):
# Ubuntuapt-get install wkhtmltopdfThen, the necessary Python packages:
pip install pdfkitpip install markdownThen it is really simple:
from markdown import markdownimport pdfkitinput_filename = 'README.md'output_filename = 'README.pdf'with open(input_filename, 'r') as f: html_text = markdown(f.read(), output_format='html4')pdfkit.from_string(html_text, output_filename)