Reportlab/PDF classes for clinicedc/edc projects
This module offers functionality to link a PDF report to a model registered with ModelAdmin.
The CrfPdfReport
class links a PDF report to a model registered with ModelAdmin. A link as is added to the changelist that opens an intermediate page to ask for a password. From the intermediate page a secure file is downloaded into the browser. See also PdfIntermediateView
and PrintPdfReportView
.
For this to work, you need to:
- create a pdf report class;
- declare the model with the
PdfReportModelMixin
and set thepdf_report_cls
attr on the model; - declare the model's ModelAdmin class with
PdfButtonModelAdminMixin
; - add
print_to_pdf_action
to Modeladmin.actions (required to print one or more pdfs using actions); - add "pdf_button" to the list_display (required for pdf button to appear on each row);
- update your app's urls;
- add edc_pdf_reports to INSTALLED_APPS.
Your changelist will include options for printing one or many PDF reports into a password protected and secure PDF file.
edc_adverse_event
has this configured for its DeathReport
model. Let's use this as an example.
Create the DeathReport
model:
# models.py
class DeathReport(PdfReportModelMixin, BaseUuidModel):
pdf_report_cls = DeathPdfReport
Create the DeathPdfReport
class. DeathPdfReport
inherits from CrfPdfReport
. Link the model
and changelist_url` to this PDF report class.
# death_pdf_report.py
class DeathPdfReport(CrfPdfReport):
model = f"{get_adverse_event_app_label()}.deathreport"
changelist_url = (
f"{get_adverse_event_app_label()}_admin:{get_adverse_event_app_label()}_"
"deathreport_changelist"
)
def get_report_story(self, **kwargs):
...
Declare the ModelAdmin class with PdfButtonModelAdminMixin
:
# admin.py
class DeathReportModelAdmin(PdfButtonModelAdminMixin, DeathReportModelAdminMixin):
actions = [print_to_pdf_action]
list_display = ["subject_identifier", "pdf_button", ...]
Update your url patterns:
# urls.py
url_patterns = [
...,
*paths_for_urlpatterns("edc_pdf_reports"),
...]
Add to settings
:
# settings.py
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...,
"edc_pdf_reports.apps.AppConfig"
...]
Your changelist will have the new column "PDF" and the print as pdf action will be available.
The intermediate page, linked from the changelist, will look like this:
Note the passphrase and click "Create File". The file will be created in the view and downloaded by the browser.
The view PrintPdfReportView
uses function write_queryset_to_secure_pdf
to create a PDF. You can access this function directly.
For example:
import mempass
import tempfile
from pathlib import Path
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from edc_pdf_reports.utils import write_queryset_to_secure_pdf, write_model_to_insecure_pdf
from effect_ae.models import DeathReport
dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
p = Path(dir)
qs = DeathReport.objects.all()
user = User.objects.get(username="erikvw")
# create a secure PDF file for the queryset
q = p / "death_reports_secure.pdf"
password = mempass.mkpassword(2)
buffer = write_queryset_to_secure_pdf(queryset=qs, password=password, user=user)
q.write_bytes(buffer.getbuffer())
print(q)
# create an insecure PDF file for one model instance
q = p / "death_reports_insecure.pdf"
model_obj = qs[0]
buffer = write_model_to_insecure_pdf(model_obj, user=user)
q.write_bytes(buffer.getbuffer())
print(q)