Produce & Publish Python Client
Project description
pp.client-python
Produce & Publish bindings for Python.
The pp.client-python bindings can be used to communicate with the Produce & Publish server pp.server for generating PDF from Python applications or for making document conversions using the unoconv (wrapper around LibreOffice or LibreOffice).
Requirements
Python 2.7
Python 3.3
Python 3.4
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Documentation
API
pdf API
The pdf API supports the conversion of HTML/XML to PDF through the following PDFconverters:
PDFreactor 7+ (commercial)
PrinceXML 9+ (commercial)
PhantomJS (free)
The PDF conversion process is based on the “CSS Paged Media” approach where the input documents (XML or HTML) are styled using CSS only.
The pdf API of pp.client-python expects that the input file and all related assets (images, stylesheets, font files etc.) are placed within a working directory. The input file must be named index.html.
Using the commandline frontend:
$ ../bin/pp-pdf --help
usage: pp-pdf [-h] [-f princexml] [-o] [-a] [-s http://localhost:6543]
[-t None] [-c] [-v]
source_directory [cmd_options]
positional arguments:
source_directory Source directory containing content and assets to be
converted
cmd_options []
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f princexml, --converter princexml
PDF converter to be used (princexml, pdfreactor)
-o , --output Write result ZIP to given .zip filename
-a, --async Perform conversion asynchronously)
-s http://localhost:6543, --server-url http://localhost:6543
URL of Produce & Publish server)
-t None, --authorization-token None
Authorization token for P&P server
-c, --ssl-cert-verification
Perform SSL cert validation
-v, --verbose Verbose mode
The same functionality is available to any Python application through the pdf() API of the pp.client-python module:
from pp.client.python.pdf import pdf
def pdf(source_directory,
converter='princexml',
output='',
async=False,
cmd_options='',
server_url='http://localhost:6543',
authorization_token=None,
ssl_cert_verification=False,
verbose=False):
unoconv API
The unoconv API provides a generic conversion API for various formats (supported by the underlaying LibreOffice background service):
The following list of document formats are currently available: bib - BibTeX [.bib] doc - Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP [.doc] doc6 - Microsoft Word 6.0 [.doc] doc95 - Microsoft Word 95 [.doc] docbook - DocBook [.xml] docx - Microsoft Office Open XML [.docx] docx7 - Microsoft Office Open XML [.docx] fodt - OpenDocument Text (Flat XML) [.fodt] html - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Writer) [.html] latex - LaTeX 2e [.ltx] mediawiki - MediaWiki [.txt] odt - ODF Text Document [.odt] ooxml - Microsoft Office Open XML [.xml] ott - Open Document Text [.ott] pdb - AportisDoc (Palm) [.pdb] pdf - Portable Document Format [.pdf] psw - Pocket Word [.psw] rtf - Rich Text Format [.rtf] sdw - StarWriter 5.0 [.sdw] sdw4 - StarWriter 4.0 [.sdw] sdw3 - StarWriter 3.0 [.sdw] stw - Open Office.org 1.0 Text Document Template [.stw] sxw - Open Office.org 1.0 Text Document [.sxw] text - Text Encoded [.txt] txt - Text [.txt] uot - Unified Office Format text [.uot] vor - StarWriter 5.0 Template [.vor] vor4 - StarWriter 4.0 Template [.vor] vor3 - StarWriter 3.0 Template [.vor] xhtml - XHTML Document [.html] The following list of graphics formats are currently available: bmp - Windows Bitmap [.bmp] emf - Enhanced Metafile [.emf] eps - Encapsulated PostScript [.eps] fodg - OpenDocument Drawing (Flat XML) [.fodg] gif - Graphics Interchange Format [.gif] html - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Draw) [.html] jpg - Joint Photographic Experts Group [.jpg] met - OS/2 Metafile [.met] odd - OpenDocument Drawing [.odd] otg - OpenDocument Drawing Template [.otg] pbm - Portable Bitmap [.pbm] pct - Mac Pict [.pct] pdf - Portable Document Format [.pdf] pgm - Portable Graymap [.pgm] png - Portable Network Graphic [.png] ppm - Portable Pixelmap [.ppm] ras - Sun Raster Image [.ras] std - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing Template [.std] svg - Scalable Vector Graphics [.svg] svm - StarView Metafile [.svm] swf - Macromedia Flash (SWF) [.swf] sxd - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing [.sxd] sxd3 - StarDraw 3.0 [.sxd] sxd5 - StarDraw 5.0 [.sxd] sxw - StarOffice XML (Draw) [.sxw] tiff - Tagged Image File Format [.tiff] vor - StarDraw 5.0 Template [.vor] vor3 - StarDraw 3.0 Template [.vor] wmf - Windows Metafile [.wmf] xhtml - XHTML [.xhtml] xpm - X PixMap [.xpm] The following list of presentation formats are currently available: bmp - Windows Bitmap [.bmp] emf - Enhanced Metafile [.emf] eps - Encapsulated PostScript [.eps] fodp - OpenDocument Presentation (Flat XML) [.fodp] gif - Graphics Interchange Format [.gif] html - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.html] jpg - Joint Photographic Experts Group [.jpg] met - OS/2 Metafile [.met] odg - ODF Drawing (Impress) [.odg] odp - ODF Presentation [.odp] otp - ODF Presentation Template [.otp] pbm - Portable Bitmap [.pbm] pct - Mac Pict [.pct] pdf - Portable Document Format [.pdf] pgm - Portable Graymap [.pgm] png - Portable Network Graphic [.png] potm - Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/2010 XML Template [.potm] pot - Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP Template [.pot] ppm - Portable Pixelmap [.ppm] pptx - Microsoft PowerPoint 2007/2010 XML [.pptx] pps - Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP (Autoplay) [.pps] ppt - Microsoft PowerPoint 97/2000/XP [.ppt] pwp - PlaceWare [.pwp] ras - Sun Raster Image [.ras] sda - StarDraw 5.0 (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.sda] sdd - StarImpress 5.0 [.sdd] sdd3 - StarDraw 3.0 (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.sdd] sdd4 - StarImpress 4.0 [.sdd] sxd - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Drawing (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.sxd] sti - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation Template [.sti] svg - Scalable Vector Graphics [.svg] svm - StarView Metafile [.svm] swf - Macromedia Flash (SWF) [.swf] sxi - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Presentation [.sxi] tiff - Tagged Image File Format [.tiff] uop - Unified Office Format presentation [.uop] vor - StarImpress 5.0 Template [.vor] vor3 - StarDraw 3.0 Template (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.vor] vor4 - StarImpress 4.0 Template [.vor] vor5 - StarDraw 5.0 Template (OpenOffice.org Impress) [.vor] wmf - Windows Metafile [.wmf] xhtml - XHTML [.xml] xpm - X PixMap [.xpm] The following list of spreadsheet formats are currently available: csv - Text CSV [.csv] dbf - dBASE [.dbf] dif - Data Interchange Format [.dif] fods - OpenDocument Spreadsheet (Flat XML) [.fods] html - HTML Document (OpenOffice.org Calc) [.html] ods - ODF Spreadsheet [.ods] ooxml - Microsoft Excel 2003 XML [.xml] ots - ODF Spreadsheet Template [.ots] pdf - Portable Document Format [.pdf] pxl - Pocket Excel [.pxl] sdc - StarCalc 5.0 [.sdc] sdc4 - StarCalc 4.0 [.sdc] sdc3 - StarCalc 3.0 [.sdc] slk - SYLK [.slk] stc - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet Template [.stc] sxc - OpenOffice.org 1.0 Spreadsheet [.sxc] uos - Unified Office Format spreadsheet [.uos] vor3 - StarCalc 3.0 Template [.vor] vor4 - StarCalc 4.0 Template [.vor] vor - StarCalc 5.0 Template [.vor] xhtml - XHTML [.xhtml] xls - Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP [.xls] xls5 - Microsoft Excel 5.0 [.xls] xls95 - Microsoft Excel 95 [.xls] xlt - Microsoft Excel 97/2000/XP Template [.xlt] xlt5 - Microsoft Excel 5.0 Template [.xlt] xlt95 - Microsoft Excel 95 Template [.xlt] xlsx - Microsoft Excel 2007/2010 XML [.xlsx]
Using the commandline frontend:
$ bin/pp-unoconv --help
usage: pp-unoconv [-h] [-f pdf] [-o] [-a] [-s http://localhost:6543] [-t None]
[-v]
input_filename
positional arguments:
input_filename Source file to be converted
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-f pdf, --format pdf Output format (default=pdf)
-o , --output Write converted file to custom filename
-s http://localhost:6543, --server-url http://localhost:6543
URL of Produce & Publish server)
-t None, --authorization-token None
Authorization token for P&P server
-v, --verbose Verbose mode)
For example you can use the following commandline call for converting your my.docx document to HTML. The conversion result will be returned always as a ZIP file containing the converted data (in this case the ZIP file will contain the converted HTML and extracted graphic files if applicable). A dedicated token is necessary if you want to access the hosted conversion service provided by ZOPYX Limited (contact us):
bin/pp-unoconv -f html -s https://pp-server.zopyx.com -v -o out.zip -t <token> my.docx
The same functionality is available to any Python application through the unoconv() API of the pp.client-python module:
from pp.client.python.unoconv import unoconv
def unoconv(input_filename,
format='pdf',
output='',
server_url=None,
authorization_token=None,
verbose=False):
Support
Support for Produce & Publish Server and components is currently only available on a project basis.
License
pp.client-python is published under the GNU Public License V2 (GPL 2).
Contact
CHANGES
0.4.0 (2014-10-13)
compatiblity with Python 3.3 and 3.4
dropped Python 2.6 support
0.3.6 (24-01-2014)
added option ‘-c’ to most commandline script in order for explicit SSL cert validation
0.3.5 (24-01-2014)
disabled SSL cert validation since Python/requests module can not deal properly with the StartCOM SSL cert of https://pp-server.zopyx.com
0.3.4 (21-01-2014)
updated unoconv API documentation
0.3.3 (13-01-2014)
support for server side token-based authorization
0.3.2 (13-01-2014)
import fix
0.3.1 (21-10-2013)
fixed an open file issue on Windows https://bitbucket.org/ajung/pp.client-python/issue/1/
0.3.0 (17-10-2013)
Python 3.3 compatibility
0.2.9 (06-10-2013)
added API methods for version and converters API of pp.server webservice
0.2.8 (05-10-2013)
added support for cmd_options parameter for pp.server==0.3.5
0.2.7 (03-10-2013)
documentation update
0.2.6 (14-07-2013)
better error handling
fixed issues with format() calls under Python 2.6
0.2.0 (06-07-2013)
minor fixes
moved documentation to Sphinx
0.1.5 (04-07-2013)
implemented poll support
fixes
0.1.4 (04-07-2013)
added async support to pp-pdf commandline frontend
0.1.3 (03-07-2013)
pdf converter parameter not properly propagated
0.1.2 (03-07-2013)
logger fixes/changes
0.1.0 (03-07-2013)
initial release
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