Building web graphics with Python

[Steven Feil]

I am wondering if there is a light weight Python library for producing
web graphics on-the-fly. There is a C-language library called gd that
can be used in a CGI program to produce gif images. The Library can
be used to produce graphics images that are dynamically generated. I
was wondering if there is something similar for Python.

[Peter Maas]

Re: Building web graphics with Python

Steven Feil schrieb:[color=blue]
> I am wondering if there is a light weight Python library for producing
> web graphics on-the-fly. There is a C-language library called gd that
> can be used in a CGI program to produce gif images. The Library can
> be used to produce graphics images that are dynamically generated. I
> was wondering if there is something similar for Python.[/color]

You can create a Python wrapper for gd with SWIG or Pyrex. PIL (Python
Imging Library) and Piddle are native Python solutions.

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[Gerhard Haering]

Re: Building web graphics with Python

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 10:35:00AM +0100, Peter Maas wrote:[color=blue]
> Steven Feil schrieb:[color=green]
> >I am wondering if there is a light weight Python library for producing
> >web graphics on-the-fly. There is a C-language library called gd that
> >can be used in a CGI program to produce gif images. The Library can
> >be used to produce graphics images that are dynamically generated. I
> >was wondering if there is something similar for Python.[/color]
>
> You can create a Python wrapper for gd with SWIG or Pyrex. PIL (Python
> Imging Library) and Piddle are native Python solutions.[/color]

No need to reimplement a gd wrapper:

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Python/Modules/Graphics/

http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/gdmodule.html

-- Gerhard

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[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: Building web graphics with Python

Steven Feil wrote:
[color=blue]
>I am wondering if there is a light weight Python library for producing
> web graphics on-the-fly. There is a C-language library called gd that
> can be used in a CGI program to produce gif images. The Library can
> be used to produce graphics images that are dynamically generated. I
> was wondering if there is something similar for Python.[/color]

here's one such library:

http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm

if you insist on using GD itself, use the gdmodule:

http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/gdmodule.html

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[Larry Bates]

Re: Building web graphics with Python

ReportLab Graphics module can produce graphics
and then save into many formats via Python Imaging
Library (PIL).

Larry Bates



Steven Feil wrote:[color=blue]
> I am wondering if there is a light weight Python library for producing
> web graphics on-the-fly. There is a C-language library called gd that
> can be used in a CGI program to produce gif images. The Library can
> be used to produce graphics images that are dynamically generated. I
> was wondering if there is something similar for Python.[/color]