certificate-generator

Introduction

• Many bulk certificate generators use jpeg or other image formats to create certificates which often results in poor quality of the certificates.
• This project aims to produce certificates that are lossless and are of high quality by using PDF format.
• certificate-generator.py is a simple python script that can produce multiple certificates from a given template (in PDF).
• The name of the participants are provided by the user in the form of a spreadsheet.
• The font style, size and position of the text to be printed on the certificate is also provided by the user.

Getting Started

The following instructions would help you run the python script on your local machine.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.2 or higher

Python modules to be installed:

• PyPDF2
• pandas
• reportlab

Installation

• Install the required python modules: pip3 install PyPDF2 pandas reportlab
• Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/sanbabyfrancis/certificate-generator.git

Usage

• Move into the directory containing the python script: cd certificate-generator
• Copy the template of the certificate (in .pdf format) into the directory.
• Copy the spreadsheet that contains the name of the participants into the directory.
• Copy a font file (in .ttf format) into the directory. The name will be printed using this font.
• Run the python script: python3 certificate-generator.py
• Provide the necessary inputs to the program. Pixel dimension specifies the position where the name has to be printed on the certificate.
• The certificates will be generated inside the certificates directory.

Screenshots

template.pdf	example.pdf

Contact

San Baby Francis
[email protected]

Acknowledgments

• Add text to existing pdf using python
• mursalfk/Certificate-Generator
• bhargav-joshi/Bulk-Certificates-Generator