How to fill a pdf with python-CodePudding

I don't have a concrete project yet, but in anticipation I would like to know if it is possible to fill a pdf with data stored in mysql?

It would be a question of a form with several lines and column history not to simplify the thing... If yes, what technology/language to use?

I found several tutorials which however start from a blank pdf. I have the constraint of having to place the data in certain specific places.

CodePudding user response：

Try using PyFPDF or ReportLab to create and manipulate PDF documents in Python.

CodePudding user response：

Using PyMuPDF makes it easy to place text at any desired position using any desired font.

To e.g. put some text on a page starting at position (x, y) do this:

import fitz  # import the package
doc = fitz.open("your.pdf")
page = doc[0]  # desired page, here: page 0
# insert starti 50 points from left, 36 points from top
page insert_text((50, 36), text)  # insert starts here

Or insert into a rectangle with automatic line breaks at word boundaries

rect = fitz.Rect(50, 36, 150, 236)  # define rectangle
page.insert_textbox(rect, text)

Rectangles are defined by their top-left (50,36) and bottom-right (150, 236) coordinates. So in the above case a 100 x 200 rectangle.