Skrypt służy do generowania CV z wykorzystaniem danych z pliku YAML.

CV PDF Generator

This project allows you to generate a professional CV in PDF format using data stored in a YAML file and customizable visual configurations. The script leverages the reportlab library for PDF generation and supports various configurations for styling and formatting.

Key Features

• YAML-Based Content: Easily update the CV content by editing a human-readable YAML file.
• Customizable Visuals: Use a YAML configuration file to define fonts, colors, margins, and other visual aspects.
• Automatic Layout: Dynamically adjusts layout elements to fit in the PDF pages, handling page breaks and column alignments.

Installation

Before generating your CV, ensure you have Python installed. The script requires the following Python packages:

• PyYAML
• Pillow
• reportlab

Install them using pip:

pip install PyYAML pillow reportlab

Usage

1. Prepare CV Data: Create a YAML file with your CV details. Follow the provided structure to include sections like personal information, skills, experience, education, etc.
2. Visual Configuration: Create or modify a YAML file to define the visual layout and styling of your CV. Customize fonts, colors, margins, and sizes as needed.
3. Generate PDF: Run the script to generate the CV in PDF format.

Command Line Interface

To generate the CV, use the command line as follows:

python main.py <company_identifier> --config <path_to_visual_config>

• <company_identifier>: Identifier used to locate your specific CV data file.
• --config <path_to_visual_config>: Path to the YAML file containing visual configuration. The default is data/cv_visual_config.yaml.

Example

If your CV data file is named data/cv_data_google.yaml and you are using the default visual configuration:

python main.py google

Visual Configuration

Here's an example of what a visual configuration YAML file may look like:

fonts:
  default: ARIAL.TTF
  bold: ARIALBD.TTF
colors:
  text: "#000000"
  highlight: "#ff0000"
  footer: "#888888"
sizes:
  normal: 12
  small: 10
  large: 14
margins:
  top: 50
  bottom: 30
  left: 40
  right: 40

CV Data

Here’s a snippet of how your CV data YAML file might look:

personal_info:
  name: "John Doe"
  email: "john.doe@example.com"
  phone: "+123456789"
top_skills:
  - Python
  - Machine Learning
experience:
  - position: "Software Engineer"
    employer: "Google"
    period: "2018-2022"
    location: "Mountain View, CA"
    description: "Worked on developing scalable web applications..."

Page Sizes

The standard size for a PDF page in A4 format is 210 × 297 mm. When using the ReportLab library, this size is converted to points, with one inch equaling 72 points.

Thus, the dimensions of a PDF page in A4 format are:

• Width: 595 points (8.27 inches * 72 points per inch)
• Height: 842 points (11.69 inches * 72 points per inch)

If you use other page sizes, here are some standard dimensions in points (width x height):

• Letter: 612 × 792 points
• A4: 595 × 842 points
• Legal: 612 × 1008 points
• Tabloid: 792 × 1224 points

In the code, we use the A4 variable from the ReportLab library, which defines the dimensions for the A4 format.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests to improve the script or add new features.