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Python HTML to PDF with WeasyPrint and PyPDF2: Full Guide

· 15 min read
Michał Szymanowski
Michał Szymanowski
PDFBolt Co-Founder

Python HTML to PDF generation using WeasyPrint, PyPDF2, and Jinja2

This guide walks through Python HTML to PDF conversion using three libraries: WeasyPrint, Jinja2, and PyPDF2. Whether you need to generate reports, invoices, or certificates, this approach turns your existing HTML and CSS skills into a Python PDF generation workflow. The tutorial builds a recipe card generator that converts structured JSON data into printable documents.

Top Python HTML to PDF Libraries Compared

· 7 min read
Michał Szymanowski
Michał Szymanowski
PDFBolt Co-Founder

Google Trends overview showing the relative search interest for HTML to PDF conversion libraries over the past 12 months

Five Python libraries handle most HTML to PDF conversions today: Playwright, WeasyPrint, pdfkit, Pyppeteer, and xhtml2pdf. Below we compare them by download numbers, features, and code examples so you can pick the one that fits your project.