How to Generate PDF Output in Python

How to Generate PDF Output in Python

How to Generate PDF Output in Python

PdfWriter serializes a RenderDocument to PDF bytes. It accepts a PdfMetadata instance that sets the PDF header fields (title, creator, producer, dates, and trapped flag). Pass a constructed PdfWriter to write(doc) to obtain the PDF bytes. All output is returned as bytes — no file I/O is performed by the writer itself.

Create PDF Metadata

from aspose.page.pdf.metadata import PdfMetadata

metadata = PdfMetadata(
    title="My Document",
    creator="My App",
    producer="Aspose.Page FOSS for Python",
    creation_date="D:20260609000000",
    mod_date="D:20260609000000",
    trapped=False,
)

Build and Write a Render Document to PDF

from pathlib import Path
from aspose.page.render.model import RenderModelBuilder
from aspose.page.pdf.writer import PdfWriter
from aspose.page.pdf.metadata import PdfMetadata

builder = RenderModelBuilder()
builder.begin_page(595, 842)
builder.end_page()
doc = builder.document()

metadata = PdfMetadata(
    title="Output",
    creator="App",
    producer="Aspose.Page FOSS for Python",
    creation_date="D:20260609000000",
    mod_date="D:20260609000000",
    trapped=False,
)
writer = PdfWriter(metadata)
Path("output.pdf").write_bytes(writer.write(doc))

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