[reportlab-users] Building/Storing PDF's in memory

[Andy Robinson]

StringIO is very easy.   Where you would normally pass a filename to our
APIs, you just pass a file-like object.  Are you using the Canvas, or
Platypus? I can post an example.

- Andy

On 27 December 2012 15:47, J. R. Carroll <jrcarroll at jrcresearch.net> wrote:


> I have not!  Thank you, I'll look into that.  (I've not attempted to this

> before, so I'm trying to find the right tools).

>

> Do you know if  tempfile builds in memory, or does it just temp write to

> the disk (and then is responsible for deleting the data)?  Only asking

> because I've never used tempfile before either and I'm curious to know if

> that is a potential solution as well - I have no affinity one way or the

> other.

>

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> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver at gmail.com>wrote:

>

>> On 12/27/2012 07:31 AM, J. R. Carroll wrote:

>>

>>> Hi list,

>>>

>>> Does ReportLab (opensource) offer support for PDF generation in memory?

>>>   I want to build and store the PDF in memory (and then flush it from

>>> memory once it has been served).

>>>

>>> If not, is my best alternative tempfile?

>>>

>>

>> Have you looked at StringIO?:

>>

>> http://docs.python.org/2/**library/stringio.html#module-**StringIO<http://docs.python.org/2/library/stringio.html#module-StringIO>

>>

>> or its replacement in newer versions of Python io.StringIO():

>>

>> http://docs.python.org/2/**library/io.html#module-io<http://docs.python.org/2/library/io.html#module-io>

>>

>>

>> They both allow you to build in memory files.

>>

>>

>>> -J

>>>

>>

>>

>>

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>> Adrian Klaver

>> adrian.klaver at gmail.com

>>

>>

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