wkhtmltopdf

library0.2pypypiunverified

Simple Python wrapper for wkhtmltopdf that converts HTML to PDF using the wkhtmltopdf command-line tool. Version 0.2 is the latest release. The library has been in maintenance mode and is no longer actively developed.

serialization

pip install wkhtmltopdf

github ↗package ↗

INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · WKHTMLTOPDF

wkhtmltopdf

serializationpythonv0.2

Install

2.5s avg

Import

—

Disk

17MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v0.2 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.000s · 19.2MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 2.5s · import 0.000s · 20MB

17MB installed

● package 17MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

wkhtmltopdf

✓ import wkhtmltopdf

✗ import wkhtmltopdf

Basic example: convert an HTML file to PDF and write the output PDF.

import wkhtmltopdf # Convert HTML to PDF with open('input.html', 'w') as f: f.write('<h1>Hello World</h1>') pdf = wkhtmltopdf.convert('input.html') with open('output.pdf', 'wb') as f: f.write(pdf)

wkhtmltopdf --version

Debug

Known issues

deprecatedwkhtmltopdf is no longer actively maintained. Consider using alternatives like pdfkit, weasyprint, or selenium.

fix

Switch to a maintained library such as pdfkit (pip install pdfkit) or weasyprint.

affects: all

gotchaThe library requires the wkhtmltopdf binary to be installed on your system and accessible in PATH. pip install does not install the binary.

fix

Install wkhtmltopdf from https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html and ensure it is in your PATH.

affects: all

Upgrade

Version history

0.2latest on PyPI · released Jul 21, 2011

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Dependencies

wkhtmltopdf (system tool)requiredThe library requires the wkhtmltopdf binary to be installed on the system.

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Resources

githubhttp://github.com/qoda/python-wkhtmltopdf ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/wkhtmltopdf/ ↗