How can I generate a report file (ODF, PDF) from a django view

Question

I would like to generate a report file from a view&template in django. Preferred file formats would be OpenOffice/ODF or PDF.

What is the best way to do this?

I do want to reuse the page layout defined in the template, possibly by redefining some blocks in a derived template.

Ideally, the report should be inserted into an existing template file so I can provide the overall page layout, headers and footer in the generated output format.

Answer 1

try pod

Answer 2

pisa/xhtml2pdf should get you covered for PDF. It even includes an example Django project.

Answer 3

Try ReportLab for PDF output:

http://www.reportlab.org/