How to convert a RTF into a PDF in Python

I don’t know about you, but there are few tasks I find more tedious than setting up file format conversion. There are so many boring steps and nuanced little pitfalls in each quirky format. So rather than dive into this hot mess, we will instead be skipping the frustration for today. We can do this by using an API that will take care of this odious job for us.

For us to make use of this API, we will need its client to be installed:

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Now for our function call:

from __future__ import print_function
import time
import cloudmersive_convert_api_client
from cloudmersive_convert_api_client.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: Apikey
configuration = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['Apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
# Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
# configuration.api_key_prefix['Apikey'] = 'Bearer'
# create an instance of the API class
api_instance = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ConvertDocumentApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
input_file = '/path/to/file' # file | Input file to perform the operation on.
try:
# Convert Rich Text Format RTF to PDF
api_response = api_instance.convert_document_rtf_to_pdf(input_file)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling ConvertDocumentApi->convert_document_rtf_to_pdf: %s\n" % e)

And just like that, you are done. This library does so much more than convert between RTF and PDF, however. With over 200 functions, you can use it for everything from document editing to merging files.