Automate print/save web page as pdf in chrome - python 2.7

Question

I am trying to automate Print Save Web Page as pdf in chrome.

I have checked the webbrowser module, but it does not seem to be intended for this purpose.

I explored wkhtmltopdf as an alternative but when downloading the file it seems to be infected by a virus.

Thank you for the suggestions.

Possible duplicate of [Python + Selenium + PhantomJS render to PDF](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16927090/python-selenium-phantomjs-render-to-pdf) — Martin Thoma, Sep 08 '17 at 10:58

Ross Smith II · Answer 1 · 2019-11-27T15:22:06.447

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This worked for me using Chrome 62.0.3202.94, ChromeDriver 2.33.506120, Selenium 3.4.3, and Python 2.7.14 or 3.6.3, on Windows 7 x64:

import json
from selenium import webdriver

appState = {
    "recentDestinations": [
        {
            "id": "Save as PDF",
            "origin": "local",
            "account": ""
        }
    ],
    "selectedDestinationId": "Save as PDF",
    "version": 2
}

profile = {'printing.print_preview_sticky_settings.appState': json.dumps(appState)}

chrome_options = webdriver.ChromeOptions()
chrome_options.add_experimental_option('prefs', profile)
chrome_options.add_argument('--kiosk-printing')

driver = webdriver.Chrome(chrome_options=chrome_options)
driver.get('https://www.google.com/')
driver.execute_script('window.print();')

edited Nov 27 '19 at 15:22

answered Dec 02 '17 at 19:42

Ross Smith II

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Nice workflow. Can you specify the path and rename created PDF? – TTT Dec 10 '17 at 00:18
@tao.hong: no, I find the newest PDF in the download directory, and move/rename it. – Ross Smith II Jan 15 '18 at 14:55
excellent solution, works fine for me. For java put in preference like this: preferences.put("printing.print_preview_sticky_settings.appState", "{\"recentDestinations\":{\"id\":\"Save as PDF\",\"origin\":\"local\"},\"selectedDestinationId\":\"Save as PDF\",\"version\":2}"); – jhenya-d Feb 22 '18 at 11:25
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The same script doesn't work in `headless` mode. Any idea why? – Gokul May 28 '18 at 08:15
@Gokul No, sorry. I didn’t test headless mode. – Ross Smith II Jun 18 '18 at 03:09
I used the same script in Opera, but it shows up the "Save as" dialog, asking for the filename of the resulting PDF file. Any idea on how to get rid of that? – robertspierre Jul 23 '18 at 18:03
@raffamaiden Sorry, no idea. I haven't played with Opera. – Ross Smith II Aug 04 '18 at 19:36
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for headless printing, follow: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=924981 – Franck Freiburger Jan 30 '19 at 14:54
@Gokul any update for headless mode, i am also stuck at this point. – jahmed31 Oct 10 '19 at 07:43
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Using the latest version of Chrome (78.0.3904.108), need to add `"account": ""` to `"recentDestinations"`. – TAH Nov 19 '19 at 20:31
@TAH Thanks for the heads up! I updated the answer. – Ross Smith II Nov 27 '19 at 15:23
any help on unix, it's not working with it. – Dharmendra Singh Negi Aug 15 '21 at 10:20

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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I was able to find a possible solution.

The code saves an html file to pdf which is my ultimate goal.

The original post is:

Python + Selenium + PhantomJS render to PDF

Best.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jul 01 '15 at 11:51

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@MTuner, I would like to ask you about how to alter the line `render = '''this.render("test.pdf")'''`so I can render several pages using a variable name (list) and a counter and saving the file names accordingly. – Diego Jul 01 '15 at 18:32
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Please write something useful - besides the link - in your answer. So that if the link breaks the answer is not useless. – Martin Thoma Sep 08 '17 at 10:58

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