import sys import json from PDFWriter import PDFWriter def error_exit(message): sys.stderr.write(message) sys.exit(1) def JSONtoPDF(json_data): # Get the data values from the JSON string json_data. try: data = json.loads(json_data) pdf_filename = data['pdf_filename'] font_name = data['font_name'] font_size = data['font_size'] header = data['header'] footer = data['footer'] lines = data['lines'] except Exception as e: error_exit("Invalid JSON data: {}".format(e.message)) # Generate the PDF using the data values. try: with PDFWriter(pdf_filename) as pw: pw.setFont(font_name, font_size) pw.setHeader(header) pw.setFooter(footer) for line in lines: pw.writeLine(line) except IOError as ioe: error_exit("IOError while generating PDF file: {}".format(ioe.message)) except Exception as e: error_exit("Error while generating PDF file: {}".format(e.message)) def testJSONtoPDF(): fil = open('the-man-in-the-arena.txt') lis = fil.readlines() data = { \ 'pdf_filename': 'the-man-in-the-arena.pdf', \ 'font_name': 'Courier', \ 'font_size': 12, \ 'header': 'The Man in the Arena', \ 'footer': 'Generated by xtopdf - http://google.com/search?q=xtopdf', \ 'lines': lis \ } json_data = json.dumps(data) JSONtoPDF(json_data) def main(): testJSONtoPDF() if __name__ == '__main__': main()