dnd_python_parse

Python script to parse the xml output files into the standard dnd pdf format for the andriod app "Fifth Edition Character Sheet"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wgkammerer.testgui.basiccharactersheet.app&hl=en_GB

How to setup

1. Install fdfgen
   • pip install fdfgen
   • or https://github.com/ccnmtl/fdfgen
2. Install pdftk
   • Windows - https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/
   • Ubuntu - sudo apt-get install pdftk

How to use

1. Download this script
2. Open app and export character xml to Googledrive
3. Create a folder called "input" and copy the file into it (it will do all files in the input folder). It should look like this.

• dnd_python_parse/
  • .gitignore
  • Character Sheet - Alternative - Form Fillable.pdf
  • DnD_5E_CharacterSheet - Form Fillable.pdf
  • LICENSE
  • README.md
  • output_pdf.py
  • test1.txt
  • input/
    • Character_from_app_file_1
    • Character_from_app_file_2

4. double click output_pdf.py
5. look in the "output" folder

TODO

• Make even easier to use for people with no python knowledge

Known issues

1. Alternative form dosn't do history properly.