Can't create pdf using python PDFKIT Error : “ No wkhtmltopdf executable found:”

Question

I tried installing pdfkit Python API in my windows 8 machine. I\'m getting issues related to path.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File \"C:\\Python27\\         


        

Answer 1

IOError: 'No wkhtmltopdf executable found'

Make sure that you have wkhtmltopdf in your $PATH or set via custom configuration. where wkhtmltopdf in Windows or which wkhtmltopdf on Linux should return actual path to binary.

Adding this configuration line worked for me:

config = pdfkit.configuration(wkhtmltopdf="C:\\Program Files\\wkhtmltopdf\\bin\\wkhtmltopdf.exe")
pdfkit.from_string(html, 'MyPDF.pdf', configuration=config)

From github

Seems you need to pass configuration=config as argument.