Where is the PDF output from my python script stored using fpdf?

DataAnalyst24

I installed the fpdf python package in a code env.

I created a python notebook and I run this code

import fpdf
from fpdf import FPDF

# Create instance of FPDF class
pdf = FPDF()

# Add a page
pdf.add_page()

# Set font
pdf.set_font("Arial", size = 15)

# Add a cell
pdf.cell(200, 10, txt = "Hello", ln = True, align = 'C')

# Save the pdf with name .pdf
pdf.output("report.pdf")

Where does report.pdf go?

Alexandru

Hi @DataAnalyst24
,

By default, it will be the current working directory of the notebook e.g cwd
You can read it from the notebook using the relative path "report.pdf".

What you probably need to do is simply store this in a managed folder instead.
You can use upload_file for example:

folder_id = "FOLDER_ID"
folder = dataiku.Folder(folder_id)
# Get the current working directory
cwd = os.getcwd()
# Specify the filename of the PDF file
pdf_filename = "report.pdf"
local_file_path = os.path.join(cwd, pdf_filename)
destination_filename = "uploaded_report.pdf"

#upload the file to the Dataiku managed folder
folder.upload_file(destination_filename, local_file_path)

DataAnalyst24

When I run

cwd = os.getcwd()

I get this error

  11 # folder.upload_file(destination_filename, local_file_path)
---> 12 cwd = os.getcwd()
     13 display(cwd)

NameError: name 'os' is not defined

How do I define os?

Alexandru

Hi,

You will need to add

import os

import dataiku

At the top of the script.

DataAnalyst24

Thank you @AlexT
!

Your solution works. I can see the PDF in the folder now.

Do you also know other alternatives where I can build a PDF and immediately see a preview of the PDF document I am creating?