txt2pdf : Convert Markdown files to PDF in Python with optional custom CSS

Initially forked from https://github.com/jmaupetit/md2pdf

Installation

Available through pip:

$ pip install txt2pdf

Usage

As a CLI

Usage:
    txt2pdf [options] INPUT.MD OUTPUT.PDF

Options:
    --css=STYLE.CSS

For example, try to generate the project documentation with:

$ txt2pdf README.md README.pdf

Optionally, you may load an external style (restricted to CSS2):

$ txt2pdf --css tests/resources/input.css README.md README.pdf

You may also include a HTML header and footer :

$ txt2pdf --header tests/resources/header.html README.md README.pdf
$ txt2pdf --footer tests/resources/footer.html README.md README.pdf

Optional debug by printing HTML to stdout, includes optional header and footer :

$ txt2pdf --html-to-stdout README.md README.pdf

As a library

from txt2pdf.core import txt2pdf

txt2pdf(
    pdf_file_path,
    md_content=None,
    md_file_path=None,
    css_file_path=None,
    html_header_content=None,
    html_header_file_path=None,
    html_footer_content=None,
    html_footer_file_path=None,
    base_url=None,
    print_html_to_stdout=False,
)

Function arguments:

• pdf_file_path: output PDF file path
• md_content: input markdown raw string content
• md_file_path: input markdown file path
• css_file_path: input styles path (CSS)
• html_header_content: input HTML header raw string content
• html_header_file_path: input HTML header file path
• html_footer_content: input HTML footer raw string content
• html_footer_file_path: input HTML footer file path
• base_url: absolute base path for markdown linked content (as images)
• print_html_to_stdout: print HTML to stdout for debug purposes

With Docker

Install Docker

Build the image:

$ docker build -t txt2pdf .

Now run your image:

$ docker run --rm -v $PWD:/app txt2pdf --css styles.css INPUT.MD OUTPUT.PDF

Troubleshooting on MacOSX

Ensure, Weasyprint is fully functional before using txt2pdf. You will find installation instructions in the project documentation: https://weasyprint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html

In a few words, here are the few steps you will need to follow:

• Install XQuartz from: https://xquartz.macosforge.org
• Install all dependencies at once with homebrew and go grab a coffee (this may take a while):

$ brew install cairo pango gdk-pixbuf libxml2 libxslt libffi

Misc

Using custom fonts in styles

WeasyPrint does not support the @font-face property yet (see project issue 28). If you use want to use custom fonts, you should use system fonts and define them with the font-family CSS property, like:

font-family: 'Neutraface Condensed';

Note that you should only define one single custom font, not a substitution list.

Using code blocks

Generate default css defining a class for every code item type:

(venv) $ pygmentize -S default -f html -a .codehilite

Contributing

Hacking

Clone this project first:

$ git clone git@github.com:c4ffein/txt2pdf.git

Install it with its dependencies (ideally in a virtual environment):

$ cd txt2pdf
$ python -m venv venv
$ . venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install .[dev]

Running the test suite

To run the test suite with your active python version (virtual environment):

(venv) $ pytest

Lint the code via:

(venv) $ black -l 120

Release a new version

(venv) $ pip install .[deploy]  # install flit if needed
(venv) $ flit publish --format sdist

License

txt2pdf is released under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details. txt2pdf was based on md2pdf, original LICENSE kept in the licenses directory