This article guides on how to transform Markdown to PDF in Python. It provides a detailed description to set the IDE for running the sample code, a list of steps required to develop the application, and a runnable sample code to generate PDF from Markdown in Python. You will also learn different options to customize the output PDF before saving it on the disk or to a stream.

Steps to Export Markdown to PDF in Python

1. Establish the environment to use Aspose.Words for Python via .NET for MD to PDF conversion
2. Load the source MD file into the Document class object
3. Instantiate the PdfSaveOptions class object from the aspose.words.saving namespace
4. Call the save() method by providing the output PDF file name and PDF save options

These steps explain the process to export MD file to PDF in Python. In the first step, the source MD file is loaded into the Document class object followed by the creation of the PdfSaveOptions class object for customizing the output PDF file. In the final step, the input file is saved as a PDF file using the output file name and the save options for the PDF.

Code to Convert MD File to PDF in Python

This code demonstrates the operation of converting Markdown to PDF in Python. We have used the PdfSaveOptions with the default settings however you may use different properties and methods to customize the output PDF file like embedding the postscript fonts, setting color mode, setting the display document title, embed the attachments to list a few. Similarly, you may save the output file in any other format using the save_format, save the output to a stream, and use the save_options to set a lot of other properties.

This tutorial has taught us to transform a file from Markdown to PDF in Python. If you want to learn the process to un-protect a Word file, refer to the article on how to convert protected Word document to unprotected in Python.