[Answer]-ReportLab in Django

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Try:

# code...
page = renderPDF.drawToFile(drawing, 'example.pdf', 'lineplot with dates')
response = HttpResponse(page, mimetype='application/pdf')

I’m using reportlab.pdfgen.canvas and it works great.
Keep in mind that it’s client’s browser (and/or OS) job to open your file in browser after recognizing it as a PDF.

EDIT:
That’s how I present invoices on some Web2Print solution:

from django.http import HttpResponse
from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas

def invoice_to_response(request, invoice):
    response = HttpResponse(mimetype='application/pdf')
    p = canvas.Canvas(response, pagesize='A4', pageCompression=0)
    # here I draw on 'p' like p.setFillColor(black)
    p.showPage()
    p.save()
    return response
👤McAbra

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