Convert HTML to PDF Like a Boss Using DocRaptor

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DocRaptor is an awesome package which allows you to convert your HTML document to PDF. It works with Python 2 and Python 3.

Here are some features of DocRaptor:

Support any size document, with simple, per-document pricing.
Supports layout and sizing changes on a per-page basis
Asynchronous document generation, for long or large documents.
99.99% uptime guarantee

Installing DocRaptor

To intall DocRaptor using pip type the following command:

pip install docraptor

1	pip install docraptor

You can also use easy_intall:

easy_intall install docraptor

1	easy_intall install docraptor

Creating PDFs

Creating PDF from you HTML docment is quite simple just post your HTML to DocRaptor and you will get the response as text/plain.

import docraptor

docraptor.configuration.username = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
# docraptor.configuration.debug = True

doc_api = docraptor.DocApi()

response = doc_api.create_doc({
    "test": True,
    "document_url": "https://docraptor.com/documentation/api",
    "name": "docraptor-python.pdf",
    "document_type": "pdf",
})

with open('output.pdf', "wb") as f:
f.write(response)

import docraptor

docraptor.configuration.username = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"

# docraptor.configuration.debug = True

doc_api = docraptor.DocApi()

response = doc_api.create_doc({

"test": True,

"document_url": "https://docraptor.com/documentation/api",

"name": "docraptor-python.pdf",

"document_type": "pdf",

})

with open('output.pdf', "wb") as f:

f.write(response)

Run the script and it will create a pdf file named output.pdf.

The preceding code generates PDF synchronously. Here is how you can generate PDFs asynchronously:

import docraptor
import time

docraptor.configuration.username = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" # this key works for test documents
# docraptor.configuration.debug = True
doc_api = docraptor.DocApi()

try:

create_response = doc_api.create_async_doc({
    "test": True, # test documents are free but watermarked
    # "document_content": "Hello World", # supply content directly
    "document_url": "https://docraptor.com/documentation/api", # or use a url
    "name": "docraptor-python.pdf", # help you find a document later
    "document_type": "pdf", # pdf or xls or xlsx
    "javascript": True, # enable JavaScript processing
    # "prince_options": {
    # "media": "screen", # use screen styles instead of print styles
    # "baseurl": "http://hello.com", # pretend URL when using document_content
    # },
})

while True:
    status_response = doc_api.get_async_doc_status(create_response.status_id)
    if status_response.status == "completed":
        doc_response = doc_api.get_async_doc(status_response.download_id)
        file = open("./docraptor-python.pdf", "wb")
        file.write(doc_response)
        file.close
        print("Wrote PDF docraptor-python.pdf to current working directory")
        break
    elif status_response.status == "failed":
        print("FAILED")
        print(status_response)
        break
    else:
       time.sleep(1)

except docraptor.rest.ApiException as error:
    print(error)
    print(error.message)
    print(error.code)
    print(error.response_body)

import docraptor

import time

docraptor.configuration.username = "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" # this key works for test documents

# docraptor.configuration.debug = True

doc_api = docraptor.DocApi()

try:

create_response = doc_api.create_async_doc({

"test": True, # test documents are free but watermarked

# "document_content": "Hello World", # supply content directly

"document_url": "https://docraptor.com/documentation/api", # or use a url

"name": "docraptor-python.pdf", # help you find a document later

"document_type": "pdf", # pdf or xls or xlsx

"javascript": True, # enable JavaScript processing

# "prince_options": {

# "media": "screen", # use screen styles instead of print styles

# "baseurl": "http://hello.com", # pretend URL when using document_content

# },

})

while True:

status_response = doc_api.get_async_doc_status(create_response.status_id)

if status_response.status == "completed":

doc_response = doc_api.get_async_doc(status_response.download_id)

file = open("./docraptor-python.pdf", "wb")

file.write(doc_response)

file.close

print("Wrote PDF docraptor-python.pdf to current working directory")

break

elif status_response.status == "failed":

print("FAILED")

print(status_response)

break

else:

time.sleep(1)

except docraptor.rest.ApiException as error:

print(error)

print(error.message)

print(error.code)

print(error.response_body)

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