Converting Text File to PDF in Python

Question

I have a script that writes into a text file and places it on my local drive. Does python have any library or scripts that can take that text file and convert into a PDF?

Im using report lab below but i am getting an error: AttributeError: module 'reportlab.pdfgen.canvas' has no attribute 'drawString'

ptr = open(out_file, "r")  # text file I need to convert
    lineas = ptr.readlines()
    ptr.close()
    i = 750
    numeroLinea = 0

    while numeroLinea < len(lineas):
        if numeroLinea - len(lineas) < 60:  # I'm gonna write every 60 lines because I need it like that
            i = 750
            for linea in lineas[numeroLinea:numeroLinea + 60]:
                canvas.drawString(15, i, linea.strip())
                numeroLinea += 1
                i -= 12
            canvas.showPage()
        else:
            i = 750
            for linea in lineas[numeroLinea:]:
                canvas.drawString(15, i, linea.strip())
                numeroLinea += 1
                i -= 12
            canvas.showPage()

Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10112244/convert-plain-text-to-pdf-in-python — Yatish Kadam, Sep 25 '19 at 16:54
Other possible duplicate: [How to create PDF files in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/q/2252726/3545273) — Serge Ballesta, Sep 25 '19 at 17:07
@YatishKadam i am getting an error with report lab " AttributeError: module 'reportlab.pdfgen.canvas' has no attribute 'drawString'" — ajburnett344, Sep 25 '19 at 18:44

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '19 at 16:57

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I think what you're looking for is the PyPDF2 library:

answered Sep 25 '19 at 16:57

Rayan Hatout

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