Alternative to wkhtmltopdf

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I need to convert html text to pdf.

Most answers here recommend to use pdfkit and wkhtmltopdf (https://wkhtmltopdf.org/). However, me company doesn't allow me to install wkhtmltopdf (it is also blocked by admin). There was an option to build from source but it seems like google blocks it due to security reason (https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf).

Is there an alternative or workaround?

I'm very new to python and don't have programming background, appreciate every detailed explanation.

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 14 '18 at 14:27

Yes you can just download it and run it directly. I used that for a shared host (WebFaction) where I have SSH but not root access nor installation option.

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/0.12.4/wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
tar xvf wkhtmltox-0.12.4_linux-generic-amd64.tar.xz
cd wkhtmltox/
./bin/wkhtmltopdf

You should be good.

Note that version 0.12.5 is out but has no linux-generic version. Therefore you may want to stick to 0.12.4 for now.

This still works for me on centos 7 on shared hosting. Thanks for the link. — Nate Beaty, Oct 15 '20 at 02:40

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '19 at 19:20

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For Python, WeasyPrint would be the obvious replacement for wkhtmltopdf. Don't have a lot of experience, personally, however.

answered Jun 18 '19 at 19:20

frabjous

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This is an old thread, but WeasyPrint from a URL is quite poor. It does not support current CSS websites producing very poor results. – Gmck Oct 13 '21 at 19:01

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 04:58

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I recomend you to create a PDF on user browser with pdfmake.

Good luck!

answered Sep 18 '18 at 04:58

stefo91

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That is just a comment, and not even good one. – Steve Moretz Jul 13 '23 at 20:40

Alternative to wkhtmltopdf

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