How can I create PDFs with Play Framework and Google App Engine?

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How can I create PDFs with Play Framework and Google App Engine?

I need to create PDFs with Play Framework and Google App Engine. Does anyone know how?

This is not specific about the Play Framework, but here is a tutorial by Nick Johnson on generating PDFs on App Engine :

http://blog.notdot.net/2010/04/Generating-PDFs-on-App-Engine-Python-and-introducing-Mapvelopes

Franck 2010-09-19 23:21:02

But, I need Java solution. I can mixing python and java in GAE?

isola009 2010-09-20 12:38:04

What are the limitations in GAE? I would assume that you can do it with itext. Furthermore there exist a play-module. I think it depends on your requirements what is the best solution to you. I can imagine that a report-engine wouldn't work very well on GAE, specially BIRT with OSGI-features has problems.

niels 2010-09-20 12:10:21

This module doesn't work in GAE

isola009 2010-09-20 12:37:06

Then I would use iText. It's plain java with no magic and easy to program. But I'm not an expert in this question, perhaps someone know a more elegant way.

niels 2010-09-20 13:03:10

iText doesn't work in GAE

isola009 2010-09-20 17:00:21

:-( Sorry for the wrong hint. I didn't know that GAE has so much limitations.

niels 2010-09-21 07:24:16

iText has dependencies on certain Java classes (java.awt.Color, java.nio.MappedByteBuffer, and so on) which are not allowed by the Google App Engine runtime.

I found a iText hack (2.1.7 version) and works: link text

Or you can download the patch: link text

isola009 2010-09-20 17:32:34

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