pydyf

pydyf is a low-level PDF generator written in Python and based on PDF specification 1.7.

• Free software: BSD license

• For Python 3.8+, tested on CPython and PyPy

• Documentation: https://doc.courtbouillon.org/pydyf

• Changelog: https://github.com/CourtBouillon/pydyf/releases

• Code, issues, tests: https://github.com/CourtBouillon/pydyf

• Code of conduct: https://www.courtbouillon.org/code-of-conduct

• Professional support: https://www.courtbouillon.org

• Donation: https://opencollective.com/courtbouillon

Copyrights are retained by their contributors, no copyright assignment is required to contribute to pydyf. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion is licensed under the BSD 3-clause license, without any additional terms or conditions. For full authorship information, see the version control history.

Documentation

• First Steps
  • Installation
  • Create a PDF
• Common Use Cases
  • Draw rectangles and lines
  • Add some color
  • Display image
  • Display text
  • Add metadata
  • Display inline QR-code image
• API Reference
  • Object
    • Object.compressible
    • Object.data
    • Object.free
    • Object.generation
    • Object.indirect
    • Object.number
    • Object.offset
    • Object.reference
  • Dictionary
  • Stream
    • Stream.begin_marked_content()
    • Stream.begin_text()
    • Stream.clip()
    • Stream.close()
    • Stream.color_space()
    • Stream.compress
    • Stream.curve_end_to()
    • Stream.curve_start_to()
    • Stream.curve_to()
    • Stream.data
    • Stream.draw_x_object()
    • Stream.end()
    • Stream.end_marked_content()
    • Stream.end_text()
    • Stream.extra
    • Stream.fill()
    • Stream.fill_and_stroke()
    • Stream.fill_stroke_and_close()
    • Stream.inline_image()
    • Stream.line_to()
    • Stream.move_text_to()
    • Stream.move_to()
    • Stream.paint_shading()
    • Stream.pop_state()
    • Stream.push_state()
    • Stream.rectangle()
    • Stream.set_color_rgb()
    • Stream.set_color_space()
    • Stream.set_color_special()
    • Stream.set_dash()
    • Stream.set_font_size()
    • Stream.set_line_cap()
    • Stream.set_line_join()
    • Stream.set_line_width()
    • Stream.set_matrix()
    • Stream.set_miter_limit()
    • Stream.set_state()
    • Stream.set_text_matrix()
    • Stream.set_text_rendering()
    • Stream.set_text_rise()
    • Stream.shading()
    • Stream.show_text()
    • Stream.show_text_string()
    • Stream.stream
    • Stream.stroke()
    • Stream.stroke_and_close()
    • Stream.text_matrix()
    • Stream.transform()
  • String
  • Array
  • PDF
    • PDF.add_object()
    • PDF.add_page()
    • PDF.catalog
    • PDF.current_position
    • PDF.info
    • PDF.objects
    • PDF.pages
    • PDF.write()
    • PDF.write_line()
    • PDF.xref_position
• Going Further
  • Why pydyf?
  • Why Python?

Extra Information

• Changelog
  • Version 0.11.0
  • Version 0.10.0
  • Version 0.9.0
  • Version 0.8.0
  • Version 0.7.0
  • Version 0.6.0
  • Version 0.5.0
  • Version 0.4.0
  • Version 0.3.0
  • Version 0.2.0
  • Version 0.1.2
  • Version 0.1.1
  • Version 0.1.0
  • Version 0.0.3
  • Version 0.0.2
  • Version 0.0.1
• Contribute
  • Code & Issues
  • Tests
  • Documentation
• Support
  • Sponsorship
  • Professionnal Support