Re: best way to generate PDFs in django - handling concurrency

Hello,

in my project, using ReportLab exactly as documented works very well.

Best regards,
Carsten


Am 28.12.18 um 00:05 schrieb Danny Blaker:
> we're building an app for the council where users fill in a form, then we generate a PDF (containing a page of text), and users get a download link on the homepage. 
> we expect many users to submit forms concurrently.
>
> I see 2 approaches:
>
> 1. Generate in the view as per documentation : https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/outputting-pdf/
> 2. Use a seperate script to generate PDF and use django api https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/parsers/#fileuploadparser
>
> However, to handle concurrency we'll also need a broker - like rabbitMQ + Celery
>
> Is there a "best practice" way to approach this, or has anyone had experience with generating PDFs in django and can recommend an approach?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> resources:
>
> https://realpython.com/asynchronous-tasks-with-django-and-celery/
> https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2017/08/20/how-to-use-celery-with-django.html#why-should-i-use-celery
>
>
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