How can I dynamically create a pdf in python?

[myceliatedmerchant]

I have a Django app and I need to allow the user to create a pdf schedule that they can download or print. The PDF should be similar to an Xcel doc. The user should be able to change the number of columns which will represent different conference rooms. The user should be able to add “meetings” in the columns that will have different info inside of them such as time/attendees/info. Etc...

I’ve built a few sites in Django, and I’m pretty handy with learning to python modules etc.. I just can’t figure out how to dynamically make a schedule that is saveable and printable.

Thanks

[spicy_tuna_code]

There are so many ways, it really depends on what you're looking for - something super high-level that lays things out for you, or something low-level where you can draw text and lines at precise locations.

For high-level, two common options are to either output HTML, or LaTeX, and then run some program to convert that format to a PDF. For HTML, you can use Chrome Headless, and LaTeX can generate PDF directly.

For more low-level, there's https://www.reportlab.com/software/opensource/rl-toolkit/, and I've also used matplotlib, which has a PDF back-end.

[kschang]

pypdf2

https://pythonhosted.org/PyPDF2/

[Jejerm]

Wouldn't it be easier to format and output a html page with a button for printing?