CV generator combining a json data file and a xml template with the Jinja2 template engine and z3c (an alternative to ReportLab's RML PDF generation XML format) to generate a customizables Curriculum vitae pdfs.
To handle the packages this project use pipenv, so you can install it:
$ pip install --user pipx
$ pipx install pipenv
And with pipenv installed only you need go to the repositorie root and use pipenv install.
$ cd /path-to-cv-generator
$ pipenv install
First create a custom name subdirectory inside of /data, check the sample structure:
data/
└── sample
├── data.js
└── img
In data.js is where all your cv data will be stored. And inside ./data/sample/img you can store the custom img that you need like your profile picture. See the data Reference to know how structure your data.
To see the help guide:
$ pipenv shell
(cv-generator)$ python main.py --help
usage: cv-generator [-h] [-o [FILE]] [-t [TEMPLATE_NAME]] [input_data]
positional arguments:
input_data Path where data.json is stored
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o [FILE], --output [FILE]
PDF Filename that will be stored inside ./output/
-t [TEMPLATE_NAME], --template [TEMPLATE_NAME]
xml file name to use like template. It should be stored inside ./templates/
Test the sample data, the default template is cv-one-column-default.xml.
$ pipenv shell
# Default template
(cv-generator)$ python main.py -o sample_cv_one_column
sample_cv_one_column.pdf was successful created in output/sample_cv_one_column.pdf
# Specify a custom template inside ./templates/
(cv-generator)$ python main.py -o sample_cv_two_column -t cv-two-columns.xml
sample_cv_two_column.pdf was successful created in output/sample_cv_two_column.pdf
The output pdfs looks similar to the imagen below.
You can review them in sample_cv_one_column.pdf and sample_cv_two_column.pdf)
Read the wiki to know how structure your data and how create custom templates.