Save pictures to PDF from the command line or from your Python programs.

Installation

pip install pictureshow

Usage

As a command line tool

usage: pictureshow [options] PICTURE [PICTURE ...] -o PATH

positional arguments:
  PICTURE               one or more input file paths

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --version         show program's version number and exit
  -q, --quiet           do not print output to stdout
  -v, --verbose         show details of input files skipped due to error
  -F, --fail MODE       control the exit code: 'skipped' exits with code 2 if
                        at least one input file was skipped due to an error;
                        'no-output' (default) exits with code 2 if all files
                        were skipped and no PDF file was saved; 'no' exits
                        with code 0 even if all files were skipped

output file options:
  -o, --output-file PATH
                        path of the output PDF file (required)
  -f, --force-overwrite
                        save to output file path even if file exists

page properties options:
  -p, --page-size SIZE  specify page size; default is A4 (available sizes: A0,
                        A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, B0, B1, B2,
                        B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B10, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4,
                        C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, LETTER, LEGAL,
                        ELEVENSEVENTEEN, JUNIOR_LEGAL, HALF_LETTER,
                        GOV_LETTER, GOV_LEGAL, TABLOID, LEDGER)
  -L, --landscape       set landscape orientation of pages
  -b, --bg-color COLOR  specify page background color as 6-digit hexadecimal
                        RGB, e.g. ff8c00

picture layout options:
  -l, --layout LAYOUT   specify grid layout (columns x rows) of pictures on
                        page, e.g. 2x3 or 2,3; default is 1x1
  -m, --margin MARGIN   set width of empty space around the cells containing
                        pictures; default is 72 (72 points = 1 inch)
  -s, --stretch-small   scale small pictures up to fit cells
  -c, --fill-cell       fill cells with pictures, ignoring the pictures'
                        aspect ratio

Examples

Save single picture to PDF:

$ pictureshow pics/potato.jpg -o potato.pdf
.
Saved 1 picture (1 page) to 'potato.pdf'

Save multiple pictures, four pictures per page (two columns, two rows), set page orientation to landscape:

$ pictureshow -l 2x2 -L vegetables/* -o vegetables
..................................................
Saved 50 pictures (13 pages) to 'vegetables.pdf'

(Please note that if the output filename has no extension specified, .pdf will be appended to it. This only applies for the command line tool.)

You can also save pictures from URLs:

$ pictureshow https://cdn.rebrickable.com/media/thumbs/parts/elements/6136555.jpg/250x250p.jpg https://cdn.rebrickable.com/media/thumbs/parts/elements/4119478.jpg/250x250p.jpg -o carrots
..
Saved 2 pictures (2 pages) to 'carrots.pdf'

But please note that this feature is not tested and depends solely on the underlying reportlab backend.

As a Python library

Using the pictures_to_pdf shortcut function

Example:

from pictureshow import pictures_to_pdf

pictures_to_pdf(
    'pics/cucumber.jpg',
    'pics/onion.jpg',
    output_file='vegetables.pdf',
)

The customization parameters of the pictures_to_pdf function are keyword-only and their default values correspond to the above shown command line options:

pictures_to_pdf(
    *pic_files,
    output_file,
    force_overwrite=False,
    page_size='A4',
    landscape=False,
    bg_color=None,
    layout=(1, 1),
    margin=72,
    stretch_small=False,
    fill_cell=False,
)

Using the PictureShow class

Example:

from pictureshow import PictureShow

pictures = PictureShow(
    'pics/cucumber.jpg',
    'pics/onion.jpg',
)
pictures.save_pdf('vegetables.pdf')

The customization parameters of the save_pdf method are keyword-only and their default values correspond to the above shown command line options:

PictureShow.save_pdf(
    output_file,
    *,
    force_overwrite=False,
    page_size='A4',
    landscape=False,
    bg_color=None,
    layout=(1, 1),
    margin=72,
    stretch_small=False,
    fill_cell=False,
)