pdfkit PermissionError

[uj_jonas]

I wanted to convert HTML to PDF and looked it on Google. I found the pdfkit docs, but when I tried using it

import pdfkit

pdfkit.from_url('https://google.com', sys.argv[0][:-7] + 'out.pdf')

I got a PermissionError

My guess is it's just iOS restricting me, but I'd like to know if I'm doing something wrong.

[dgelessus]

It seems that pdfkit uses a separately installed command-line tool to do the actual conversion. iOS doesn't allow apps to start other processes, which is why you get a PermissionError. And even if you could, the necessary program wouldn't be installed.

[uj_jonas]

Aww :/

Well thanks for answering

[Phuket2]

@uj_jonas , not sure , this post may help you though

[abcabc]

You can use reportlab module (no need to install, already included) to create pdf files. May be you can look at this tutorial to create simple pdf documents.

http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2010/03/08/a-simple-step-by-step-reportlab-tutorial/

For converting html to pdf , you may install xhtml2pdf package.

[omz]

In Python 2 mode, the xhtml2pdf module is already included.

[Yaroslav_Ya]

@omz but is there same package for Python 3 mode?