With reportlab you can generate pdfs without the need to generate a .tex , but if you know latex and the task you are doing is academic and / or scientific, I would opt for PyLaTeX.
"The python library for creating and compiling latex files (or fragments). The purpose of this package is to provide an extensible and easy-to-use interface between python and latex."
Basic example (from the documentation):
from pylatex import Document, Section, Subsection, Command
from pylatex.utils import italic, NoEscape
def fill_document(doc):
"""Add a section, a subsection and some text to the document.
:param doc: the document
:type doc: :class:'pylatex.document.Document' instance
"""
with doc.create(Section('A section')):
doc.append('Some regular text and some ')
doc.append(italic('italic text. '))
with doc.create(Subsection('A subsection')):
doc.append('Also some crazy characters: $&#{}')
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Basic document
doc = Document('basic')
fill_document(doc)
doc.generate_pdf(clean_tex=False)
doc.generate_tex()
# Document with '\maketitle' command activated
doc = Document()
doc.preamble.append(Command('title', 'Awesome Title'))
doc.preamble.append(Command('author', 'Anonymous author'))
doc.preamble.append(Command('date', NoEscape(r'\today')))
doc.append(NoEscape(r'\maketitle'))
fill_document(doc)
doc.generate_pdf('basic_maketitle', clean_tex=False)
# Add stuff to the document
with doc.create(Section('A second section')):
doc.append('Some text.')
doc.generate_pdf('basic_maketitle2', clean_tex=False)
tex = doc.dumps() # The document as string in LaTeX syntax
Generated file:
\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}%
\usepackage{lmodern}%
\usepackage{textcomp}%
\usepackage{lastpage}%
%
\title{Awesome Title}%
\author{Anonymous author}%
\date{\today}%
%
\begin{document}%
\normalsize%
\maketitle%
\section{A section}%
Some regular text and some %
\textit{italic text. }%
\subsection{A subsection}%
Also some crazy characters: \$\&\#\{\}
%
\section{A second section}%
Some text.
%
\end{document}
Compiled Tex (basic_maketitle2.pdf):
