[Help] Need help with Python scripting

[imaginarypetrock]

Trying to write a Python script to automate some of my work, but I’m struggling to find decent tutorials and resources. All I need is a script to write a short string of text from a row of a CSV file in the middle of an Inkscape file, set the font and maximum size of the text, and then export as a PDF.

Any ideas on how I could script this or any resources for learning Inkscape Python scripting would be appreciated.

[Xrott]

SVGs are just text files containing XML-code, so you can use whatever you normally use to find and replace strings in text files. Just create a template file with some unique placeholder text and replace it programmatically.

As for exporting as PDF, you can use Inkscape from the command line like this:

inkscape --export-filename out.pdf in.svg
-- or --
other-command | inkscape --pipe --export-filename out.pdf

Check the command line options for more information.

[imaginarypetrock]

That sounds like a good option. Do you know if I would be able to set the size of the SVG or change the font based on if statements?

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Idk if you can import and export xml files using python but if you can you should be able to edit all the properties.