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API

generate_pdf(source, [**kwargs])

Generate a pdf from either a url or a html string.

After the html and url arguments all other arguments are passed straight

to wkhtmltopdf

For details on extra arguments see the output of get_help() and

get_extended_help()

All arguments whether specified or caught with extra_kwargs are

converted to command line args with '--' + original_name.replace('_', '-').

Arguments which are True are passed with no value eg. just –quiet,

False and None arguments are missed, everything else is passed with

str(value).

Arguments:

source: html string to generate pdf from or url to get

quiet: bool

grayscale: bool

lowquality: bool

margin_bottom: string eg. 10mm

margin_left: string eg. 10mm

margin_right: string eg. 10mm

margin_top: string eg. 10mm

orientation: Portrait or Landscape

page_height: string eg. 10mm

page_width: string eg. 10mm

page_size: string: A4, Letter, etc.

image_dpi: int default 600

image_quality: int default 94

extra_kwargs: any exotic extra options for wkhtmltopdf

Returns string representing pdf

get_version()

Get version of pydf and wkhtmltopdf binary

get_help()

get help string from wkhtmltopdf binary uses -h command line option

get_extended_help()

get extended help string from wkhtmltopdf binary uses -H command line

option

execute_wk(*args)

Low level function to call wkhtmltopdf, arguments are added to

wkhtmltopdf binary and passed to subprocess with not processing.