This is a simple script to convert an XML report to a PDF document.
This script needs WeasyPrint to be in the PATH to produce the final PDF document.
First install WeasyPrint's dependencies (Debian/Ubuntu):
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-lxml libcairo2 libpango1.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libffi-dev shared-mime-info
then install WeasyPrint itself: pip install weasyprint
See WeasyPrint's installation instructions for installing WeasyPrint on other platforms.
Use bundler:
gem install bundler
bundle install
bundle exec ./render input.xml ouput.pdf
You can customize the output by modifying the slim templates and CSS files under /templates. It's all HTML!
Get the intermediary HTML at ./templates/out.html by setting the DEBUG environment variable:
DEBUG=1 bundle exec ./render input.xml ouput.pdf