How to Convert HTML to PDF in Python with WeasyPrint (Step-by-Step Guide)

Learn how to convert HTML and CSS to PDF in Python using WeasyPrint. Create professional reports, invoices, and documents with simple, clean code.

Making polished PDFs from HTML and CSS can feel like a headache, but that’s exactly where WeasyPrint helps out.

It’s a Python library that takes the web skills you already know—HTML and CSS—and turns them into clean, print-ready PDFs.

Instead of dealing with clunky PDF tools or writing long, messy scripts, you can build a document just like you’d build a web page, then save it as a PDF with only a few lines of Python.

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Think of it as having your own little publishing press inside Python. Whether you’re putting together invoices, reports, resumes, or documents for clients, you get to focus on the layout and design while WeasyPrint handles the hard part of turning it into a finished file.

The nice part is you don’t need to learn anything new—if you can write HTML and CSS, you already have what you need.

I can now take layouts I already have and get clean, professional PDFs without wasting hours adjusting formatting.

In this article, I’ll show you how to install WeasyPrint, make your first PDF, and use CSS to style documents exactly how you want them. By the end, you’ll see how useful this library is if you ever need sharp, professional PDFs as part of your workflow.

pip3 install weasyprint

P.S - If you are on a mac like me, make sure you have homebrew set up.

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