Convert Microsot Excel (XLSX) to PDF with Python and xtopdf (Python)

2015-11-22T22:15:25-08:00

Python recipe 579128 by Vasudev Ram (excel, formats, openpyxl, pdf, python, xlsx, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how the basics of to convert the text data in a Microsoft Excel file (XLSX format) to PDF (Portable Document Format). It uses openpyxl to read the XLSX file and xtopdf to generate the PDF file.

Convert doc and docx files to pdf (Python)

2014-03-31T18:39:16-07:00

Python recipe 578858 by Fabian Mayer (doc, pdf, python, win32com). Revision 2.

The Script converts all doc and docx files in a specified folder to pdf files. It checks whether the provided absolute path does actually exist and whether the specified folder contains any doc and docx files. It does not travers the directory recursively. The script is not portable and runs only a Windows machine. Based on the experience I made, I recommend closing MS Word before running the script.

Convert Microsoft Word files to PDF with DOCXtoPDF (Python)

2013-12-24T23:03:43-08:00

Python recipe 578795 by Vasudev Ram (docx, microsoft, pdf, python, word, xtopdf).

Yhis recipe shows how to convert Microsoft Word .DOCX files to PDF format, using the python-docx library and my xtopdf toolkit for PDF creation.

Note: The recipe has some limitations. E.g. fonts, tables, etc. from the input DOCX file are not preserved in the output PDF file.

Crop PDF File with pyPdf (Python)

2011-11-03T17:42:10-07:00

Python recipe 576837 by ccpizza (pdf, pypdf). Revision 3.

This recipe was originally posted by sjvr767 on http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25565 and I decided to also make it available here.

It uses pypdf (http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/)

The script is supposed to be run like this:

pdf_crop.py" -m "120 50 120 180" -i mypdf.pdf

where the margins are left top right bottom

To install pyPdf try easy_install pypdf.

Extract images of a PDF - optionally by page using PyMuPDF / fitz (Python)

2016-09-28T12:03:59-07:00

Python recipe 580703 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, pdf, png).

Two small scripts to extract images contained in a PDF document as PNG files. (1) Script 1 extracts all images (2) Script 2 extracts only images that are referenced by a page

Improved ReportLab recipe for "page x of y" (Python)

2009-07-06T10:03:28-07:00

Python recipe 576832 by Vinay Sajip (pdf, reportlab). Revision 2.

This recipe is based on Recipe 546511 which does not work reliably if there are images in the content.

Convert HTML text to PDF with Beautiful Soup and xtopdf (Python)

2015-01-28T22:20:53-08:00

Python recipe 579014 by Vasudev Ram (file, format, pdf, pdfwriter, python, reportgeneration, reporting, reportlab, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to convert the text in an HTML document to PDF. It uses the Beautiful Soup and xtopdf Python libraries. Beautiful Soup is a library for HTML parsing and content extraction. xtopdf is a library for PDF creation from other formats, including text and many others.

wxPython PDF Viewer using Poppler (Python)

2010-04-15T17:43:27-07:00

Python recipe 577195 by Marcelo Fernández (pdf, poppler, python_poppler, viewer, wxpython).

This example shows a PDF Viewer class, which handles things like Zoom and Scrolling. It requires python-poppler and wxPython >= 2.8.9.

Generate a PDF invoice with xtopdf and Python (Python)

2015-10-07T18:02:46-07:00

Python recipe 579108 by Vasudev Ram (pdf, pdfwriter, pdf_generation, python, python2, xtopdf).

This recipe shows the basics of how to generate invoices as PDF documents, using xtopdf, a Python toolkit for PDF creation. An example of creating a simple invoice through Python and xtopdf code is shown.

xtopdf is available on Bitbucket at:

https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf

and you can find many links with examples of using xtopdf, how to install it, etc., from this Google search:

https://google.com/search?q=xtopdf

This sub-feed of my blog:

http://jugad2.blogspot.com/search/label/xtopdf

gives access to all my blog posts labelled xtopdf.

PDF a Directory of Images using Reportlab (Python)

2009-04-12T08:35:10-07:00

Python recipe 576717 by andrew.canit (directory, images, pdf).

Walk through a directory PDFing Images

Convert PDF to plain text (Python)

2010-11-25T15:30:52-08:00

Python recipe 577095 by ccpizza (converter, pdf).

This is a very raw PDF converter which has absolutely no idea of the page layout or text positioning.

To install the required module try easy_install pypdf in a console.

Convert Excel to PDF with xlwings and xtopdf (Python)

2015-02-22T10:42:18-08:00

Python recipe 579026 by Vasudev Ram (excel, pdf, pdfwriter, reportlab, xlwings, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to get the text content from an Excel file and convert it to PDF, using the xlwings and xtopdf Python libraries. It also shows how to create an Excel file programmatically using xlwings.

How to use Python to convert a web page to PDF with a POST request to SelectPdf Online API and save it on the disk (Python)

2015-11-16T14:52:17-08:00

Python recipe 579126 by SelectPdf (api, converter, htmltopdf, pdf, selectpdf).

This code converts an url to pdf in Python using SelectPdf HTML To PDF REST API through a POST request. The parameters are JSON encoded. The content is saved into a file on the disk.

Printing an ASCII table to PDF (Python)

2015-04-02T18:38:04-07:00

Python recipe 579043 by Vasudev Ram (ascii, pdf, pdf_generation, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to print part of an ASCII table to PDF. It shows it for the first 32 ASCII characters, the control characters, i.e. the characters with ASCII codes 0 to 31. The same logic can be extended to print the remaining ASCII characters, either upto code 127 or 255, depending on your definition of ASCII, and also on whether your PDF font supports printing all those characters.

Read CSV with D and write it to PDF with Python (Python)

2016-10-26T17:49:00-07:00

Python recipe 580710 by Vasudev Ram (conversion, csv, data, files, formats, pdf, pdf_generation, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to read data from a CSV file with a D program and write that data to a PDF file with a Python program - all in a single command-line invocation (after writing the individual programs, of course).

It requires the xtopdf toolkit, which you can get from:

https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf

Instructions for installing xtopdf:

http://jugad2.blogspot.in/2012/07/guide-to-installing-and-using-xtopdf.html

xtopdf in turn requires the open source version of the ReportLab toolkit, which you can get from:

http://www.reportlab.com/ftp (http://www.reportlab.com/ftp/reportlab-1.21.1.tar.gz)

It also requires the DMD compiler to compile the D program - this was the version used:

DMD32 D Compiler v2.071.2

Publish SQLite data to PDF using named tuples (Python)

2015-02-24T22:08:11-08:00

Python recipe 579027 by Vasudev Ram (conversion, pdf, pdfwriter, sql, sqlite, sqlite3, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to publish SQLite data to PDF, using named tuples from the collections module of Python, the sqlite3 library, and the xtopdf library for PDF generation.

Use PrettyTable and xtopdf to create PDF tables with borders, alignment and padding (Python)

2015-01-24T21:21:27-08:00

Python recipe 579012 by Vasudev Ram (data, pdf, prettytable, string, tabular, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to create tabular data in PDF format, supporting neat borders, and alignment and padding of columns, using the Python libraries called PrettyTable and xtopdf.

Roll your own Postscript code from scratch (Python)

2015-12-09T23:30:13-08:00

Python recipe 579136 by Jack Trainor (ghostscript, pdf, postscript, ps).

This recipe provides a mini-framework for creating custom Postscript PS and PDF files from scratch. It includes sample code for a personalized business index card.

Recipe does not use any Python PDF libraries. However, Ghostscript and a PDF viewer are useful for displaying/debugging output.

It's easier than you might think to roll your own Postscript code!

Publish databases to PDF with PyDAL (a Python DB library) and xtopdf (Python)

2015-01-15T16:09:27-08:00

Python recipe 579004 by Vasudev Ram (database, pdf, pydal, python, python_developer_tools, sql, web2py, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to use the PyDAL database library for Python, together with xtopdf, a PDF creation library for Python, to publish database data to PDF. PyDAL was earlier a part of the web2py Python web framework, and then was split out into a separate library that does not need to be used with web2py. It supports access to many popular relational databases, both open source and proprietary.

Batch conversion of text files to PDF with fileinput and xtopdf (Python)

2016-11-07T20:28:01-08:00

Python recipe 580715 by Vasudev Ram (batch, batchmode, conversion, files, pdf, pdfwriter, python, text, text_processing, utilities, xtopdf).

This recipe shows how to do a batch conversion of the content of multiple text files into a single PDF file, with a) an automatic page break after the content of each text file (in the PDF output), b) page numbering, and c) a header and footer on each page.

It uses the fileinput module (part of the Python standard library), and xtopdf, a Python library for conversion of other formats to PDF.

xtopdf is available here: https://bitbucket.org/vasudevram/xtopdf

and a guide to installing and using xtopdf is here: