Transform XML via Python

Transform and load XML into PDF document. Use Aspose.PDF for Python for .NET to modify PDF documents programmatically

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How to Transform XML with Python for .NET Library

To transform XML into a PDF file, use Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET, a powerful and easy-to-use API. Open PyPI, install it, and search for aspose-pdf. Alternatively, run the command:

Console

pip install aspose-pdf

Transform XML and load into PDF using Python

You need Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET to try the code in your environment.

  1. Set page parameters.
  2. Upload XSLT file.
  3. Then Load and Transform.

Transform XML into PDF - Python

This sample code shows how to transform XML into PDF File

import aspose.pdf as apdf

transform_xml_to_html(input_xml, xslt_string):
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
transform = ET.XSLT(ET.XML(xslt_string))
xml_tree = ET.ElementTree(ET.XML(input_xml))
result_tree = transform(xml_tree)
html_str = ET.tostring(result_tree, encoding='unicode', method='html')
from io import BytesIO
return BytesIO(html_str.encode('utf-8'))

example_xslt_to_pdf():
data_dir = "C:/tmp/"
with open("XMLFile1.xml", "r") as xml_file:
    xml_content = xml_file.read()
with open("XSLTFile1.xslt", "r") as xslt_file:
    xslt_content = xslt_file.read()

options = apdf.HtmlLoadOptions()
# Set page size to A5
options.page_info.height = 595
options.page_info.width = 420
pdf_document = apdf.Document(TransformXml.transform_xml_to_html(xml_content, xslt_content), options)
pdf_document.save(data_dir + "data_xml.pdf")