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Python PDF Generator: Create Professional Reports from Data in 10 Lines

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Python PDF Generator: Create Professional Reports from Data in 10 Lines

Stop manually creating PDF reports. Here's how to generate professional documents from your data automatically.

Basic PDF with ReportLab

from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter , A4 from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet , ParagraphStyle from reportlab.lib.units import inch from reportlab.lib import colors from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate , Paragraph , Table , TableStyle , Spacer from reportlab.platypus import Image import io

def create_report ( filename : str , title : str , data : list , headers : list ): """ Create a professional PDF report from tabular data. """

doc = SimpleDocTemplate ( filename , pagesize = letter , rightMargin = 72 , leftMargin = 72 , topMargin = 72 , bottomMargin = 18 )

styles = getSampleStyleSheet () story = []

# Title story . append ( Paragraph ( title , styles [ ' Title ' ])) story .…

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