A tool for generating many PDFs from an SVG image template and a bunch of data. For example: this can be used to generate a bunch of name badges for a conference (including supporting things like toggling special flair for sponsors).
This is somewhat similar to Word's mail merge feature.
- Inkscape
- Python 3.4
- Jinja2
Create your SVG document and prepare it so it renders properly in Inkscape. In
place of any text you wish to have replaced, use the standard Jinja2 template
strings (e.g. {{ name }}).
Because the SVG document is run through Jinja2, you can actually switch layers, disable/enable elements, etc. using conditionals and other Jinja2 structures. This can be carefully written to avoid being eaten by Inkscape by using comments:
<!-- {% if show_layer %} -->
<g […] />
<!-- {% endif %} -->
To run the example, simply do:
./pdfab.py namecard.svg test.json
This will read namecard.svg and generate a PDF for every item in the
test.json file.
PDFab — churn out hundreds of beautiful templated PDFs
Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Steve Pomeroy steve@staticfree.info
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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