austinegwa / certificate-generator

Generate students certificate PDFs based on a SVG template, including a QR code to verify the certificate

Certificate generator

Generate students certificate PDFs based on a SVG template, including a QR code to verify the certificate.

Requirements

Debian packages

$ sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin

Python packages

$ mkvirtualenv certificate-generator
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

Students data file

Create a text file, students_list.csv, with the students data to display in the certificates. One line per student, each line generates a different certificate:

gdufour;Georges Dufour;May 22nd, 2012;for Microsoft
jsmith;Julia Smith;May 22nd, 2012;for Google
...

PDF generation

$ workon certificate-generator
$ python ./certificate-generator/generate-certificates.py <template.svg> <students_list.csv> <base_url>

With:

• template.svg: the SVG template, with the following tags positioned:
• short_name: like gdufour for student Georges Dufour
• full_name
• graduation_date: with format May 22nd, 2012
• organization_complement: like for Microsoft
• qrcode_url: data url containing the QR code image as a base64-encoded PNG image, with a transparent background.
• students_list.csv: cf section above
• base_url: The generated QR code contains a URL, from which this is the base. The full URL will be <base_url>/<short_name>.pdf. This is where you will publish the PDF, to allow to verifiy the certificate.