[reportlab-users] load Image() from embedded python

[Michael Hipp]

As noted in my previous reply I was able to make this work great with the 
flowable Image().

Now I'm doing something like this, and getting the exception below. Any 
suggestions?

     canvas.drawImage(StringIO('embedded stuff'), ...)

I would be really helpful to be able to embed these things.

I'm using reportlab 3.0a1 BTW.

Thanks,
Michael

   File 
"c:\dev\virtenvs\oldworldblack\lib\site-packages\reportlab\pdfgen\canvas.py", 
line 920, in drawImage
     imgObj = pdfdoc.PDFImageXObject(name, image, mask=mask)
   File 
"c:\dev\virtenvs\oldworldblack\lib\site-packages\reportlab\pdfbase\pdfdoc.py", 
line 2086, in __init__
     ext = os.path.splitext(source)[1].lower()
   File "c:\dev\virtenvs\oldworldblack\lib\ntpath.py", line 190, in splitext
     return genericpath._splitext(p, sep, altsep, extsep)
   File "c:\dev\virtenvs\oldworldblack\lib\genericpath.py", line 91, in _splitext
     sepIndex = p.rfind(sep)
AttributeError: StringIO instance has no attribute 'rfind'



On 1/29/2014 1:47 AM, Andy Robinson wrote:

> I think that everywhere we accept a filename, we also accept a

> file-like object.  So you could store it as some kind of escaped

> binary string in your source code, then wrap it in a StringIO and pass

> that to the platypus Image.

>

> I'm not in a programming environment now but if this is not clear we

> can post a code snippet later in the day...

>

> - Andy

>

>

>

> On 29 January 2014 00:50, Michael Hipp <michael at redmule.com> wrote:

>> In the reportlab.platypus Image flowable, is it possible to load the image

>> from an image embedded as binary in the python code? The only api for Image

>> seems to depend on a filename.

>>

>> I'd prefer not to have to lug around things like logos and icons with my

>> program.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Michael

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