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    <p>Could someone please provide me with a comprehensive example of how to get a <code>view</code> in <code>django</code> to return a <code>PDF</code> using <code>wkhtmltopdf</code>. There are limited number of examples that come with <code>django-wkhtmltopdf</code> and they presume a level of knowledge I just don't have. I have looked through the source code but I can't make heads or tails of how to use it (for example whats the difference between <code>PDFTemplateView</code> and <code>PDFTemplateResponse</code>?!?)</p> <p>I would be very grateful for any help.</p> <p><em>BTW(I'm using templates for the header and footer as well)</em></p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p> <pre><code>def some_view(request,sID): something = get_object_or_404(Something,id=sID) return render_to_response('something.html', {'something':something}, context_instance=RequestContext(request)) </code></pre> <p>How would I get the following simple view to provide me with a <code>pdf</code> instead of an <code>html</code> file?</p> <p><strong>EDIT 2</strong></p> <p>I am currently playing around with:</p> <pre><code>def pdf_view(request,sID): template = 'pdf.html' something = get_object_or_404(Something,id=sID) context = { 'something' : Something, 'object_for_header_and_footer': something.object_for_header_and_footer, } cmd_options = settings.WKHTMLTOPDF_CMD_OPTIONS return PDFTemplateResponse(request=request, context=context, template=template, filename='something', header_template='header.html', footer_template='footer.html', cmd_options=cmd_options) </code></pre> <p>but I am getting <code>'str' object has no attribute 'update'</code> in <code>/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/wkhtmltopdf/utils.py in wkhtmltopdf, line 74</code>. I don't know whether to starting hacking wkhtmltopdf?!?!</p>
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