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Make PDF in Python SDK

Create PDF Document using Cloud Python SDK.

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How to create PDF via Cloud Python SDK

To create PDF, we’ll use Aspose.PDF Cloud Python SDK. This Cloud SDK assists Python programmers in developing cloud-based PDF creator, annotator, editor, and converter apps using Python programming language via Aspose.PDF REST API. Simply create an account at Aspose for Cloud and get your application information. Once you have the App SID & key, you are ready to give the Aspose.PDF Cloud Python SDK. If the python package is hosted on Github, you can install directly from Github:

Installation from Github


     
    pip install git+https://github.com/aspose-pdf-cloud/aspose-pdf-cloud-python.git

Package Manager Console Command

     
    pip install asposepdfcloud

Steps to create PDF via Python SDK

Aspose.PDF Cloud developers can easily load & create PDF in just a few lines of code.

  1. Install Python SDK
  2. Define Config Class
  3. Define PdfPageChanges Class
  4. Instantiates the PdfPageChanges class
  5. Generate the PDF in the cloud
  6. Download and save the document locally
 

Create PDF using Python


    import shutil
    import json
    import logging
    import pathlib
    import math
    from asposepdfcloud import ApiClient, PdfApi, Direction, PageMode, PageLayout, DocumentConfig, DocumentProperties, DocumentProperty, DisplayProperties, DefaultPageConfig

    # Configure logging
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")

    class Config:
        """Configuration parameters."""
        CREDENTIALS_FILE = pathlib.Path(r"C:\\Projects\\ASPOSE\\Pdf.Cloud\\Credentials\\credentials.json")
        LOCAL_FOLDER = pathlib.Path(r"C:\Samples")
        TEMP_FOLDER = 'TempPdfCloud'
        LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME = "output_sample.pdf"
        PAGE_WIDTH = 590
        PAGE_HEIGHT = 894
        PAGES_COUNT = 5

    class PdfPageChanges:
        """ Class for managing PDF page changes using Aspose PDF Cloud API. """
        def __init__(self, credentials_file: pathlib.Path = Config.CREDENTIALS_FILE):
            self.pdf_api = None
            self._init_api(credentials_file)

        def _init_api(self, credentials_file: pathlib.Path):
            """ Initialize the API client. """
            try:
                with credentials_file.open("r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
                    credentials = json.load(file)
                    api_key, app_id = credentials.get("key"), credentials.get("id")
                    if not api_key or not app_id:
                        raise ValueError("init_api(): Error: Missing API keys in the credentials file.")
                    self.pdf_api = PdfApi(ApiClient(api_key, app_id))
            except (FileNotFoundError, json.JSONDecodeError, ValueError) as e:
                logging.error(f"init_api(): Failed to load credentials: {e}")

        def download_result(self):
            """ Download the processed PDF document from the Aspose Cloud server. """
            if self.pdf_api:
                try:
                    temp_file = self.pdf_api.download_file(Config.TEMP_FOLDER + '/' + Config.LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME)
                    local_path = Config.LOCAL_FOLDER / Config.LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME
                    shutil.move(temp_file, str(local_path))
                    logging.info(f"download_result(): File successfully downloaded: {local_path}")
                except Exception as e:
                    logging.error(f"download_result(): Failed to download file: {e}")

        
        def create_document(self):
            """ Create PDF document with required properties. """
            opts = {
                "folder" : Config.TEMP_FOLDER
            }

            document_config = DocumentConfig(
                document_properties=DocumentProperties(
                    list=[
                        DocumentProperty(
                            built_in=False,
                            name='prop1',
                            value='Val1',
                        )
                    ]),
                display_properties=DisplayProperties(
                    center_window = True,
                    hide_menu_bar = True,
                    direction = Direction.L2R,
                    display_doc_title = True,
                    hide_tool_bar = True,
                    hide_window_ui = True,
                    non_full_screen_page_mode = PageMode.USETHUMBS,
                    page_layout = PageLayout.TWOPAGELEFT,
                    page_mode = PageMode.USETHUMBS
                ),
                default_page_config=DefaultPageConfig(
                    height=Config.PAGE_HEIGHT,
                    width=Config.PAGE_WIDTH
                ),
                pages_count=Config.PAGES_COUNT
            )
            response = self.pdf_api.post_create_document(Config.LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME, document_config, **opts)
            logging.info(f"Document #{Config.LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME} created.")
            return response

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        pdf_pages = PdfPageChanges()
        pdf_pages.create_document()
        pdf_pages.download_result()
 

With our Python library you can:

Create PDF documents with Aspose.PDF Cloud Python SDK.

  • Combine PDF documents.
  • Split PDF Files.
  • Convert PDF to other formats, and vice versa.
  • Manipulate Annotations.
  • Work with Images in PDF, etc.
  • You can try out our free App to test the functionality online.