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DJANGO PHANTOM JS

A simpla django package for rendering a django template to a PDF.

Quick start

  1. Install node and phantomjs:

### On Mac OSX:

brew install node npm npm install -g phantomjs

### On Ubuntu:

apt-get install node npm sudo npm install -g phantomjs

  1. Install django-phantom-pdf:

    pip install django-phantom-pdf

  2. That's it, now you can start using in your django views like so:

    from phantom_pdf import render_to_pdf from django.http import HttpResponse

    def home(request):

    # If 'print=pdf' in GET params, then render the PDF! if request.GET.get("print", None) == "pdf":

    basename = 'output' # .pdf will be appended to this string. return render_to_pdf(request, basename)

    else:

    return HttpResponse("Hello World!")

Advanced Use

For more advanced use and control, you can set the following variables in your setting. They are already set to sane defaults, so it's not necessary unless you are looking for more fine grained control.

PHANTOMJS_COOKIE_DIR = Directory where the temp cookies will be saved. PHANTOMJS_PDF_DIR = Directory where you want to the PDF to be saved temporarily. PHANTOMJS_BIN = Path to PhantomsJS binary. PHANTOMJS_GENERATE_PDF = Path to generate_pdf.js file. keep_pdf_files = Option to not delete the PDF file after rendering it.