PDF Generation

This project will build a PDF using iText or OpenPDF in a docker container. Intended for final deployment in the cloud.

Building

To build the docker container, use the included Dockerfile.

docker build . -t itext

Building a PDF

You can build a PDF using either jython (as originally used in USACE), or using jpype as the java interop. Either should produce identical outputs. The default is jython for compatibility.

Jython: docker run -it itext /input/<inputscript.py>

jpype: docker run -it itext jpype /input/<inputscript.py>

An example has been included, and can be run by placing the input folder into the root of the project before building the container. Alternatively mount it as a volume in the container when running it. Once built, run the report with:

docker run -it itext /input/NWD_River/NWD_Daily_River_Bulletin.py

To see the output, copy it out of the container:

docker cp $(docker container ls -q):/output/NWD_Daily_River_Bulletin.pdf .