# PyLabel

Generate labels for printing using HTML rendering.

## Features

* Customizable for most label sheet layouts.
* Partial sheet printing
* Custom data for each label
* Uses HTML templates easy label design.

## Usage

The simplest use case is some static labels using a [template](examples/simple.html):

    python -m pylabel -t examples/simple.html -p avery.L7157 -c 10 > output.html

Then, when you need some more just pop the same sheet back in the printer and offset the start

    python -m pylabel -t examples/simple.html -p avery.L7157 -c 10 -o 10 > output.html

To do some mail merge operations create a [list of names](examples/names.txt):

    Andy Andrews
    Bob Brown
    Charlie Chaplin

and use a `{data[text]}` element in your [template](examples/name_tags.html).  Note we've shifted to an [external stylesheet](examples/hello.css) now as well.

    python -m pylabel -t examples/name_tags.html -p avery.L7157 -d examples/names.txt -s examples/hello.css > output.html

Full list of options `python -m pylabel -h`

    usage: __main__.py [-h] [--count COUNT] [--offset OFFSET] [--profile PROFILE] [--template TEMPLATE] [--style STYLE] [--data DATA] [--json] [--logging LOGGING] [spec]

    Generate a page of labels

    positional arguments:
    spec                  Specification module

    options:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    --count COUNT, -c COUNT
                            Number of labels to generate
    --offset OFFSET, -o OFFSET
                            Skip first n labels
    --profile PROFILE, -p PROFILE
                            Label profile
    --template TEMPLATE, -t TEMPLATE
                            Template for label
    --style STYLE, -s STYLE
                            Additional stylesheet
    --data DATA, -d DATA  Pre-generated data, one entry per line
    --json, -j            Parse data lines as json
    --logging LOGGING, -l LOGGING
                            Logging level