Weekly Post(More code) 5/18/2023

This week I worked on exploring python library that could be helpful with my project found some called Vpype and Pdf2Svg.

I used Pdf2Svg python library to convert an PDF file to SVG, then took that SVG file and convert it Gcode using Vpype-Gcode Python library.

if file and allowed_file(file.filename, ["pdf"]):
   filename = secure_filename(file.filename)
   file.save(os.path.join(app.config["TEXT_FOLDER"], filename))
   subprocess.run(["pdf2svg",(os.path.join(app.config["TEXT_FOLDER"], filename)),(os.path.join(app.config["TEXT_FOLDER"], filename[:-4]+ "resized.svg"))])
   subprocess.run(["vpype", "read", (os.path.join(app.config["TEXT_FOLDER"], filename[:-4]+ "resized.svg")), "gwrite", "--profile", "gcode", (os.path.join(app.config["GCODE_FOLDER"], "pervious.gcode"))])
    flash("Text file has been Uploaded Successfully.")
else:
    flash("Invalid file format. Only .pdf files are allowed.")

Sources

Vpype: https://github.com/plottertools/vpype-gcode

Pdf2Svg:https://github.com/dawbarton/pdf2svg