Django 3 Web Development Cookbook - Fourth Edition

How to do it...

Follow these steps to complete the recipe:

1. Create the view that will generate the PDF document:

# myproject/apps/ideas/views.pyfrom django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404from .models import Ideadef idea_handout_pdf(request, pk):    from django.template.loader import render_to_string    from django.utils.timezone import now as timezone_now    from django.utils.text import slugify    from django.http import HttpResponse    from weasyprint import HTML    from weasyprint.fonts import FontConfiguration    idea = get_object_or_404(Idea, pk=pk)    context = {"idea": idea}    html = render_to_string(        "ideas/idea_handout_pdf.html", context    )    response = HttpResponse(content_type="application/pdf")    response[        "Content-Disposition" ] = "inline; filename={date}-{name}-handout.pdf".format( ...