# Creating automatic PDF reports from dash web app

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-automatic-pdf-reports-from-dash-web-app/38493>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Created:** [April 27, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-automatic-pdf-reports-from-dash-web-app/38493 "2020-04-27T15:12:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mahendrark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/mahendrark/32/10460_2.png) [@mahendrark](https://community.plotly.com/u/mahendrark)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-automatic-pdf-reports-from-dash-web-app/38493/1 "2020-04-27T15:12:07Z")

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Hi guys!

So I am working on this project where we energy system simulations. My task is to create interactive visualizations from the results of the simulation. I am using plotly and currently writing a [script](https://github.com/rl-institut/mvs_eland/blob/feature/f2_autoreporting/src/F2_autoreport.py) to make a simple web app and also automatically generate PDF report from it.

I googled and googled and couldn’t find a solution to this yet. Can someone point me in the right direction as to how to do this?

Thanks a bunch!

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**Author:** ![flyingcujo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e480ec/32.png) [@flyingcujo](https://community.plotly.com/u/flyingcujo)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-automatic-pdf-reports-from-dash-web-app/38493/2 "2020-04-27T15:49:18Z")

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I use Api2Pdf to print excel files I generate in Dash to PDF. They have other features that you may be looking for. Check it out at [https://www.api2pdf.com/](https://www.api2pdf.com/)

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**Author:** ![chriddyp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/chriddyp/32/16855_2.png) [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/creating-automatic-pdf-reports-from-dash-web-app/38493/3 "2020-04-27T16:23:08Z")

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FYI this capability is available on Dash Enterprise with the [Snapshot Engine](https://plotly.com/dash/snapshot-engine/) feature.