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Utility to run pdflatex
import os
import io
import tempfile
import subprocess
import logging
import zipfile
from contextlib import contextmanager
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@contextmanager
def _setenv(**mapping):
"""
``with`` context to temporarily modify the environment variables
Usage:
def test_myapp_respects_this_envvar():
with _setenv(MYAPP_PLUGINS_DIR='testsandbox/plugins'):
myapp.plugins.register()
[...]
"""
backup = os.environ.copy()
os.environ.update(mapping)
try:
yield
finally:
os.environ.clear()
os.environ.update(backup)
@contextmanager
def _chdir(dirname):
"""
``with`` context to temporarily chdir to a directory
"""
current = os.getcwd()
os.chdir(dirname)
try:
yield
finally:
os.chdir(current)
def make_pdf_from_zip(src_zip):
"""
Returns the bytes of the PDF
"""
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdirname:
zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(src_zip)).extractall(path=tmpdirname)
with _setenv(
PATH=(os.environ["PATH"] + ":/opt/texlive/2017/bin/x86_64-linux/"),
HOME=tmpdirname,
PERL5LIB=(os.environ.get("PERL5LIB", "") + ":/opt/texlive/2017/tlpkg/TeXLive/"),
):
with _chdir(tmpdirname):
# Run pdflatex...
r = subprocess.run(
[
"latexmk",
"-verbose",
"-interaction=batchmode",
"-pdf",
"-output-directory={}".format(tmpdirname),
"document.tex",
],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
)
stdout = r.stdout.decode("utf-8")
logger.info(stdout)
with open("document.pdf", "rb") as f:
pdf = f.read()
return pdf
def make_pdf_from_tex(tex):
"""
Make a PDF from contexts of a .tex file
"""
buf = io.BytesIO()
with zipfile.ZipFile(buf, "w") as zipf:
zipf.writestr("document.tex", tex)
return make_pdf_from_zip(buf.getvalue())
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