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jllopezpino
jllopezpino

Reputation: 896

How to generate a PDF with non-ascii characters using from_string from python-pdfkit

I'm struggling to generate just a simple PDF with non-ascii characters using Python 3.5.2, python-pdfkit and wkhtmltox-0.12.2.

This is the easiest example I could write:

import pdfkit
html_content = u'<p>ö</p>'
pdfkit.from_string(html_content, 'out.pdf')

This is like the output document looks like: non-ascii character incorrectly shown in the PDF

Upvotes: 6

Views: 14675

Answers (3)

user2793390
user2793390

Reputation: 771

It also possible to set charset in options. This way you don't have to alter the HTML file - especially if you're not the one creating it, and you don't want to mess with it.

def get_options():
    return {
        'encoding': 'UTF-8',
        'enable-local-file-access': True
    }
pdfkit.from_string(html, verbose=True, options=get_options(), configuration=_pdfkit_config)

Upvotes: 3

jllopezpino
jllopezpino

Reputation: 896

I found out that I just needed to add a meta tag with charset attribute to my HTML code:

import pdfkit

html_content = """
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
    <p>&euro;</p>
    <p>áéíóúñö</p>
<body>
</html>
"""

pdfkit.from_string(html_content, 'out.pdf')

I actually spent quite some time following wrong solutions like the one suggested here. In case someone is interested, I wrote a short story on my blog. Sorry for the SPAM :)

Upvotes: 34

piokuc
piokuc

Reputation: 26184

There is a relevant issue in pdfkit project https://github.com/devongovett/pdfkit/issues/470 that says

"You need to use an embedded font. The built-in fonts have a limited character set available."

An answer to this question How to: output Euro symbol in pdfkit for nodejs gives a clue how to do it.

Upvotes: 1

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