Python + Selenium + PhantomJS render to PDF
Here is a solution using selenium and special command for GhostDriver(it should work since GhostDriver 1.1.0 and PhantomJS 1.9.6, tested with PhantomJS 1.9.8):
#!/usr/bin/env python# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-"""Download a webpage as a PDF."""from selenium import webdriverdef download(driver, target_path): """Download the currently displayed page to target_path.""" def execute(script, args): driver.execute('executePhantomScript', {'script': script, 'args': args}) # hack while the python interface lags driver.command_executor._commands['executePhantomScript'] = ('POST', '/session/$sessionId/phantom/execute') # set page format # inside the execution script, webpage is "this" page_format = 'this.paperSize = {format: "A4", orientation: "portrait" };' execute(page_format, []) # render current page render = '''this.render("{}")'''.format(target_path) execute(render, [])if __name__ == '__main__': driver = webdriver.PhantomJS('phantomjs') driver.get('http://stackoverflow.com') download(driver, "save_me.pdf")see also my answer to the same question here.
You could use selenium.selenium.capture_screenshot('file.png') but that will give you a screen shot as a png not a pdf. There does not seem to be a way to get a screenshot as a pdf.
Here are the docs for capture_screenshot: http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/py/selenium/selenium.selenium.html?highlight=screenshot#selenium.selenium.selenium.capture_screenshot