I’m using fillpdf library to fill in a PDF form. When save the file normally it works fine. But when I try to save to a FileField the text is reversed.
def _fill_form(self, application):
import requests
from fillpdf import fillpdfs
from django.core.files import File, base
from io import BytesIO
from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
ctx = {
'full_name': 'منصور أحمد',
'current_nationality': 'الإمارات العربية المتحدة'
}
response = requests.get("http://localhost:8000/static/document/form.pdf")
if not response.ok:
log.error("couldn't get form")
in_stream = BytesIO(response.content)
out_stream = BytesIO()
fillpdfs.write_fillable_pdf(
in_stream,
out_stream,
ctx,
flatten=True
)
with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f:
f.write(out_stream.getbuffer()) # this saves the file with the right format
application.arabic_document.save("Some fillpdf file.pdf", base.ContentFile(out_stream.getbuffer())) // this saves the file with reversed Arabic text
The reversed text
