import subprocess import tempfile import os.path basepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) paged_bin = 'node_modules/pagedjs-cli/bin/paged' def run_pagedjs (path_html, path_pdf, cwd=None, extra_scripts=[]): args = [ paged_bin ] for script in extra_scripts: args.extend([ '--additional-script', script ]) args.extend([ '-o', path_pdf, path_html ]) try: return subprocess.check_output(args, cwd=cwd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode() except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e: return 'Error:\n{}'.format(e.output.decode()) """ Generate a PDF based on provided HTML using pagedjs and returns the contents of the generated PDF. If optional path_out is provided the PDF is written there and the function returns the path. Optional extra_scripts is a list of strings with javascript. Scripts are sent in the same order to paged.js """ def make_pdf (html, path_out=None, extra_scripts=[]): with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix='algoliterary_publishing_house_') as tempdir: with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=tempdir, mode='w', suffix='.html', delete=False) as temphtml: # Store html in a temporary file temphtml.write(html) temphtml.close() name_in = temphtml.name extra_scripts_tmp = [] for script in extra_scripts: with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=tempdir, mode='w', suffix='.js', delete=False) as tempjs: tempjs.write(script) tempjs.close() extra_scripts_tmp.append(tempjs.name) # Make a temporary file for the generated PDF with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(dir=tempdir, mode='w', suffix='.pdf', delete=False) as temppdf: temppdf.close() name_out = temppdf.name # Make the pdf run_pagedjs(name_in, name_out, cwd=basepath, extra_scripts=extra_scripts_tmp) if path_out: import shutil shutil.copy(name_out, path_out) return path_out else: with open(name_out, 'rb') as generated_pdf: return generated_pdf.read() if __name__ == '__main__': with open(os.path.join(basepath, 'index.html'), 'r') as file_input: html = file_input.read() with open(os.path.join(basepath, 'delayedLoading.js'), 'r') as js_input: js = js_input.read() make_pdf(html, os.path.join(basepath, 'generated.pdf'), [ js ])