AutoDocument – Multi-Source Document Generation
Hi there, this post is introducing AutoDocument, a free and open-source document generating web app that connects spreadsheets, databases and user forms into documents such as Microsoft Word and PDFs. It's based on fantastic open sources libraries like https://github.com/elapouya/python-docx-template and headless LibreOffice. Mail Merge is a pain because it: - Only converts from Excel to Word - Uses special field objects in the Word document - Requires a Microsoft Office License - Has limited templating options AutoDocument is a free and easily installable web app that…
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Hi there, this post is introducing AutoDocument, a free and open-source document generating web app that connects spreadsheets, databases and user forms into documents such as Microsoft Word and PDFs. It's based on fantastic open sources libraries like https://github.com/elapouya/python-docx-template and headless LibreOffice. Mail Merge is a pain because it: - Only converts from Excel to Word - Uses special field objects in the Word document - Requires a Microsoft Office License - Has limited templating options AutoDocument is a free and easily installable web app that can setup reusable Workflows that convert data from a variety of sources including straight from databases and spreadsheets to several types of outputs, including Word and PDFs. It only uses text based fields such as "{{ myfield }}" instead of special objects. It can deal with logical blocks of text and loops to populate flexible templates including lists and tables. Features - Create (optional) user forms to kick off a workflow and link to your users - Load and save data, templates and output from windows and linux network mounts, as well as S3 and SharePoint libraries. - Powerful templating based on jinja2 and python-docx-template with logic blocks (like if, while etc) as well as standard field substitution. - Chain sources together like forms, spreadsheets and SQL queries to create clever workflows Easily installed by running the container: docker.io/tommalkin/autodocument:latest Repo: https://github.com/TomMalkin/AutoDocument Documentation: https://tommalkin.github.io/AutoDocument/ Landing Page: https://autodocument.app/ Container: https://hub.docker.com/r/tommalkin/autodocument
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