{"categories":[{"label":"Dynamic Content","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http-dynamic-content/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Wraps the wkhtmltopdf command-line tool to convert URLs and HTML to PDF from Python, with optional Flash rendering support.","skillfed_tags":["pdf-generation","legacy-python2","abandoned"],"use_cases":["Generate PDFs from live web pages or HTML templates in legacy Python 2 applications","Batch convert URLs to PDF files with customizable rendering parameters like dpi and orientation","Render web content with Flash animations to PDF using the flash_plugin option","Expose PDF generation as an HTTP API endpoint via the built-in API server"],"what_it_does":"python-wkhtmltopdf is a Python wrapper around the wkhtmltopdf command-line utility, which uses a headless WebKit renderer to convert web pages and HTML to PDF. It exposes wkhtmltopdf's rendering capabilities through a Python class and function interface, allowing you to specify a URL or HTML content, configure rendering options like screen_resolution, color_depth, dpi, orientation, and write the resulting PDF to a file.\n\nThe package includes optional Flash plugin support and can be used as a class, a function, a command-line tool, or an HTTP API. However, it has been abandoned since 2011 and requires substantial system-level setup: you must install Xvfb, wkhtmltopdf itself, system fonts, and flashplugin-nonfree before the Python package can run. No runtime Python dependencies are declared.","worth_installing":"No. The package is abandoned (last release 2011-07-21, repository archived) and targets python 2.5+, which is long out of support. Install only if maintaining legacy Python 2 code already using this package. The system-level dependency burden, high install friction, and lack of maintenance make it unsuitable for new projects."},"id":"wkhtmltopdf","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/wkhtmltopdf","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/wkhtmltopdf.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/wkhtmltopdf/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2011-07-21","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"wkhtmltopdf","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Simple python wrapper for wkhtmltopdf"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":98433,"position":13084,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"0.2"}