A flask blueprint based server that accepts json, render it on latex template and compile it and send back the pdf.
Piti Ongmongkolkul
Public Domain
- Python 3.5+. We need this for a sensible subprocess module. Not just 3 but 3.5.
- All other stuff in
requirements.txt xelatex(Texlive should work in most cases)
- first make sure you have python 3.5 and xelatex installed. Preferably using virtualenv or something along that line.
pip install -r requirements.txtpython app.py- Point your browser to
- http://localhost:5000/basic/sample
- http://localhost:5000/ultimate/sample
- If you want to try this out with postman
- Post {x: "aaa", y: "bbb"} to http://localhost:5000/basic
- See
templates/for examples. - The template engine is a customized jinja2. See
latex_jinja.pyfor the full syntax.- Basic ones are
- Variable
((( varname ))) - Block
((* for x in l *))
- Variable
- Basic ones are
- The format is copied from http://flask.pocoo.org/snippets/55/ . The choice is intended so that the template is self is a valid tex document so one can use latex editor to edit it.
- use
blueprint.make_blueprint(name, templatemodule) - See
app.pyfor example
- To help develop the template the script
test_template.pyis provided. - The script will try to the template module provided and put it in tmp
The docker file is provided. The tex-live there is a small one. A lot of package and fonts are not installed by default. If your file doesn't compile this might be the reason.
docker run -p 5000:5000 .
- make it a pypi package the only method needed to export is really
blueprint.make_blueprint