Dynamically create and save image with Django and PIL/Django-Photologue
- by Travis
I want to generate a page of html with dynamic content and then save the result as an image as well as display the page to the user. So, user signs up to attend conference and gives their name and org. That data is combined with html/css elements to show what their id badge for the conference will look like (their name and org on top of our conference logo background) for preview. Upon approval, the page is saved on the server to an image format (PNG, PDF or JPG) to be printed onto a physical badge by an admin later. I am using Django and django-photologue powered by PIL.
The view might look like this
# app/views.py
def badgepreview(request, attendee_id):
u = User.objects.get(id=attendee_id)
name = u.name
org = u.org
return render_to_response('app/badgepreview.html',
{'name':name,'org':org,},
context_instance = RequestContext(request),
)
The template could look like this
{# templates/app/badgepreview.html #}
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block page_body %}
<div style='background:url(/site_media/img/logo_bg.png) no-repeat;'>
<h4>{{ name }}</h4>
<h4>{{ org }}</h4>
</div>
{% endblock %}
simple, but how do I save the result? Or is there a better way to get this done?
