You can try phantomJS, it's very easy to convert html to PDF file. 2012/5/24 Matt <[email protected]>
> My apologies; I was using tg2 2.1.1, and the code seems to have changed to > pass a dictionary in 2.1.4. > > For those finding this thread after me via google, the solution I ended up > going with is using xhtml.wsgi.PisaMiddleware (sample usage in > https://github.com/chrisglass/xhtml2pdf/tree/master/demo/wsgi ) > > Thanks for your response, Alessandro > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Alessandro Molina < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Actually after_render hook permits to modify the rendered page. >> >> It gets as parameter a dictionary where the key "response" is the >> response getting out from that request. >> Replacing the content of that key replaces the response sent by >> TurboGears. >> >> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Matthew Boehm <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > I am trying to implement a PDF converter as well, but have run into some >> > problems: >> > >> > * after_render hooked functions only receive a literal with the rendered >> > result. Modifying this result/returning the modified version in the >> hooked >> > function does not change what is written to the response object. >> > * If you try writing directly to the response object, sometime after >> your >> > function returns, the entire original response is written to the >> response >> > object. >> > >> > Is there a way to modify the response's content and headers in a >> function >> > hooked to after_render? >> > >> > On Monday, September 19, 2011 10:38:32 AM UTC-4, Alessandro Molina >> wrote: >> >> >> >> you can use >> >> >> Decoration.get_decoration(controller_method).register_hook('after_render', >> >> callable) >> >> and callable will be execute after rendering the template with the >> >> rendering result as parameter. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM, León Domingo <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > Hi Alessandro, >> >> > And how would it be this way? I don't know exactly how "after_render" >> >> > has to be used. As far as I know, you define a function with a >> >> > "response" parameter and then a decorator "after_render" passing that >> >> > function in. >> >> > >> >> > def _after_render(r): >> >> > # something to be done >> >> > r.content_type = 'application/pdf' >> >> > r.body = to_pdf(r.body) >> >> > >> >> > @expose('foo.html') >> >> > @after_render(_after_render) >> >> > def foo(self, *args, **kwargs): >> >> > return dict(....) >> >> > >> >> > is it correct? I was trying this way but...can I modify "response" >> >> > inside "_after_render"? I thought it was not possible... >> >> > >> >> > Thanks >> >> > >> >> > León >> >> > >> >> > On 19 sep, 15:13, Alessandro Molina <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> Uhm, I would suggest you to setup a after_render hook and decide if >> >> >> the render result must be converted to a PDF or not. >> >> >> In the case it doesn't have to be converted you can leave it go as >> >> >> HTML, otherwise you can call wkhtmltopdf >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:54 AM, León Domingo < >> [email protected]> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > Hi, >> >> >> > I've created a little function that makes use of wkhtmltopdf >> (http:// >> >> >> > code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/) to get PDF content from HTML >> content. >> >> >> >> >> >> > I would like to use some controllers to get a PDF version of the >> HTML >> >> >> > content defined in the corresponding template. >> >> >> >> >> >> > @expose('foo.html') >> >> >> > def foo(self, *args, **kwargs): >> >> >> > return dict(....) >> >> >> >> >> >> > I've been making some experiments with a middleware class. >> >> >> >> >> >> > response.content_type = 'application/pdf' >> >> >> > response.body = to_pdf(response.body) >> >> >> >> >> >> > return response(environ, start_response) >> >> >> >> >> >> > It works but I need something to know if I have to make the >> >> >> > translation or not >> >> >> >> >> >> > if is_a_suitable_response: >> >> >> > response.content_type = 'application/pdf' >> >> >> > response.body = to_pdf(response.body) >> >> >> >> >> >> > return response(environ, start_response) >> >> >> >> >> >> > and I don't know how I can "mark" the response to do so. In the >> other >> >> >> > hand, I don't know if this is the right way to do that. >> >> >> >> >> >> > Thanks a lot >> >> >> >> >> >> > León >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- >> >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> >> > Groups "TurboGears" group. >> >> >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> >> > [email protected]. >> >> >> > For more options, visit this group >> >> >> > athttp://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en. >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> > Groups "TurboGears" group. >> >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> > [email protected]. >> >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >> > http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en. >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "TurboGears" group. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/turbogears/-/L9-eC9I7gBkJ. >> > >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TurboGears" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TurboGears" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears?hl=en. > -- Deng Chao -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. 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