def courrier_mkiv(request, pk2, pk1): entry = Courrier.objects.get(pk=pk2) cource = Patient.objects.get(pk=pk1) context = dict({'courrier': entry, 'patient': cource}) # buffer = BytesIO() template = get_template('courrier/courrier.mkiv') rendered_tpl = template.render(context, request).encode('utf-8') with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdir: # mtxrun --path=/data/foo --script context process = Popen(['mtxrun', '--path', tempdir, '--script=context' '--result'], stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, ) process.communicate(rendered_tpl) with open(os.path.join(tempdir, 'textput.pdf'), 'rb') as f: pdf = f.read() r = HttpResponse(content_type='application/pdf') r.write(pdf) return r
i tried this without success :( the only workaround u've found for now is to render a tex file and copile it manually.