Generate PDF from html template and send via Email in Django

Question

I'm trying to generate a pdf file from an HTML template using Weasyprint python package and I need to send it via email using.

Here's what i have tried:

def send_pdf(request):
minutes = int(request.user.tagging.count()) * 5
testhours = minutes / 60
hours = str(round(testhours, 3))
user_info = {
    "name": str(request.user.first_name + ' ' + request.user.last_name),
    "hours": str(hours),
    "taggedArticles": str(request.user.tagging.count())
}
html = render_to_string('users/certificate_template.html',
                        {'user': user_info})
response = HttpResponse(content_type='application/pdf')
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'filename=certificate_{}'.format(user_info['name'] + '.pdf')
pdf = weasyprint.HTML(string=html).write_pdf(response, )
from_email = 'our_business_email_address'
to_emails = ['Reciever1', 'Reciever2']
subject = "Certificate from INC."
message = 'Enjoy your certificate.'
email = EmailMessage(subject, message, from_email, to_emails)
email.attach("certificate.pdf", pdf, "application/pdf")
email.send()
return HttpResponse(response, content_type='application/pdf')

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But it returns an error as TypeError: expected bytes-like object, not HttpResponse

How can I generate and send a pdf file to an email from HTML template?

Update: With this updated code now it's generating pdf and sending an email but when I open attached pdf file from recieved email it says unsupported file formate data.

Here's the updated Code:

def send_pdf(request):
minutes = int(request.user.tagging.count()) * 5
testhours = minutes / 60
hours = str(round(testhours, 3))
user_info = {
    "name": str(request.user.first_name + ' ' + request.user.last_name),
    "hours": str(hours),
    "taggedArticles": str(request.user.tagging.count())
}
html = render_to_string('users/certificate_template.html',
                        {'user': user_info})
response = HttpResponse(content_type='application/pdf')
response['Content-Disposition'] = 'filename=certificate_{}'.format(user_info['name']) + '.pdf'
pdf = weasyprint.HTML(string=html).write_pdf()
from_email = '[email protected]'
to_emails = ['[email protected]', '[email protected]']
subject = "Certificate from Nami Montana"
message = 'Enjoy your certificate.'
email = EmailMessage(subject, body=pdf, from_email=settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER, to=to_emails)
# email.attach("certificate.pdf", pdf, "application/pdf")
email.content_subtype = "pdf"  # Main content is now text/html
email.encoding = 'ISO-8859-1'
email.send()
return HttpResponse(pdf, content_type='application/pdf')

Help me, please!

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Here's the complete working version of above code:

    user_infor = ast.literal_eval(ipn_obj.custom)
    if int(user_infor['taggedArticles']) > 11:
        # generate and send an email with pdf certificate file to the user's email
        user_info = {
            "name": user_infor['name'],
            "hours": user_infor['hours'],
            "taggedArticles": user_infor['taggedArticles'],
            "email": user_infor['email'],
        }
        html = render_to_string('users/certificate_template.html',
                                {'user': user_info})
        response = HttpResponse(content_type='application/pdf')
        response['Content-Disposition'] = 'filename=certificate_{}'.format(user_info['name']) + '.pdf'
        pdf = weasyprint.HTML(string=html, base_url='http://8d8093d5.ngrok.io/users/process/').write_pdf(
            stylesheets=[weasyprint.CSS(string='body { font-family: serif}')])
        to_emails = [str(user_infor['email'])]
        subject = "Certificate from Nami Montana"
        email = EmailMessage(subject, body=pdf, from_email=settings.EMAIL_HOST_USER, to=to_emails)
        email.attach("certificate_{}".format(user_infor['name']) + '.pdf', pdf, "application/pdf")
        email.content_subtype = "pdf"  # Main content is now text/html
        email.encoding = 'us-ascii'
        email.send()