attach img file in pdf weasyprint

User34 picture User34 · Apr 21, 2017 · Viewed 8k times · Source

I need help with attaching img file in pdfs. We use the WeasyPrint lib for generating pdf from html.

in html connect img file like this

<img src="1.png" alt="">
<img src="2.png" alt="">
<img src="3.png" alt="">

but it is not working. I don't see the image.

Answer

Thameem picture Thameem · Apr 21, 2017

use static for path of the image file

  {% load static %}
    <img src="{% static 'images/static.jpg' %}" alt="">

and pass base_url in HTML class in views.py

pdf_file = HTML(string=rendered_html, base_url=request.build_absolute_uri())

html file

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
{% load static %}
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div>
        <img src="{% static 'images/static.jpg' %}" alt="">
    </div>
</body>
</html>

views.py

from django.template.loader import get_template
from weasyprint import HTML, CSS
from django.conf import settings
from django.http import HttpResponse


def generate_pdf(request):
    html_template = get_template('latest/html_pdf.html')
    user = request.user
    rendered_html = html_template.render().encode(encoding="UTF-8")
    pdf_file = HTML(string=rendered_html, base_url=request.build_absolute_uri()).write_pdf(stylesheets=[CSS(settings.STATIC_ROOT +  '/css/generate_html.css')])



    http_response = HttpResponse(pdf_file, content_type='application/pdf')
    http_response['Content-Disposition'] = 'filename="generate_html.pdf"'

    return http_response