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Simple PDF generation for Python

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fpdf2

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fpdf2 is a minimalist PDF creation library for Python:

from fpdf import FPDF

document = FPDF()
document.add_page()
document.set_font('helvetica', size=12)
document.cell(txt="hello world")
document.output("hello_world.pdf")

It is a fork and the successor of PyFPDF. Compared with other PDF libraries, fpdf2 is simple, small and versatile, with advanced capabilities, and is easy to learn, extend and maintain.

Looking for Developer Help!

Installation Instructions:

pip install fpdf2

To get the latest development version:

# Linux only:
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev libpython-dev zlib1g-dev # libpython3.3-dev #(if necessary)

# Linux and Windows:
git clone https://github.com/PyFPDF/fpdf2.git
cd fpdf2
python setup.py install

Features:

  • Python 3.6+ support
  • Unicode (UTF-8) TrueType font subset embedding
  • Internal/External Links
  • PNG, GIF and JPG support (including transparency and alpha channel)
  • Shape, Line Drawing
  • Generate Code 39 & Interleaved 2 of 5 barcodes
  • Cell / multi-cell / plaintext writing, automatic page breaks
  • Basic conversion from HTML to PDF
  • Images & links alternative descriptions
  • Table of contents & document outline
  • Optional basic Markdown-like styling: **bold**, __italics__, --underlined--
  • Clean error handling through exceptions
  • Only one dependency so far: Pillow
  • Unit tests with qpdf-based PDF diffing

We validate all our PDF samples using 3 different checkers:

QPDF logo PDF Checker logo VeraPDF logo

Documentation:

You can also have a look at the tests/, they're great usage examples!

Developers:

Please check the documentation page dedicated to development.

This library was only possible thanks to the dedication of the following people: CONTRIBUTORS.md.

Other libraries

For alternatives, check out this detailed list of PDF-related Python libs by Patrick Maupin. There is also pikepdf, PyFPDF2 & WeasyPrint.

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