fpdf2 is a PDF creation library for Python:
from fpdf import FPDF
pdf = FPDF()
pdf.add_page()
pdf.set_font('helvetica', size=12)
pdf.cell(txt="hello world")
pdf.output("hello_world.pdf")It is a fork and the successor of PyFPDF (cf. history).
Compared with other PDF libraries, fpdf2 is fast, versatile, easy to learn and to extend (example).
It is also entirely writen in Python and has very few dependencies:
Pillow, defusedxml & svg.path.
Development status: this project is mature and actively maintained.
We are looking for contributing developers: if you want to get involved but don't know how, or would like to volunteer helping maintain this lib, open a discussion!
pip install fpdf2To get the latest, unreleased, development version straight from the development branch of this repository:
pip install git+https://github.com/PyFPDF/fpdf2.git@master- Python 3.6+ support
- Unicode (UTF-8) TrueType font subset embedding
- Internal / external links
- Embedding images, including transparency and alpha channel
- Arbitrary path drawing and basic SVG import
- Embedding barcodes, charts & graphs, emojis, symbols & dingbats
- Cell / multi-cell / plaintext writing, with automatic page breaks, line break and text justification
- Choice of measurement unit, page format & margins. Optional page header and footer
- Basic conversion from HTML to PDF
- A templating system to render PDFs in batchs
- Images & links alternative descriptions, for accessibility
- Table of contents & document outline
- Document signing
- Annotations, including text highlights
- Presentation mode with control over page display duration & transitions
- Unit tests with
qpdf-based PDF diffing and a high code coverage - Optional basic Markdown-like styling:
**bold**, __italics__ - Can render mathematical equations & charts
- Usage examples with Django, Flask, streamlit, AWS lambdas... : Usage in web APIs
Our 300+ reference PDF test files, generated by fpdf2, are validated using 3 different checkers:
- Documentation Home
- Tutorial in several languages: English - Deutsch - español - हिंदी português - Русский - Italian - français - Ελληνικά
- Release notes: CHANGELOG.md
- A series of blog posts: fpdf2 tag @ ludochaordic
You can also have a look at the tests/, they're great usage examples!
Please check the dedicated documentation page.
This library could only exist thanks to the dedication of many volunteers around the world:
This project follows the all-contributors specification (emoji key). Contributions of any kind welcome!
(screenshot from June 2021, click on the map above to access an up-to-date online version)
More about those in the documentation.