pramastarr / inkcsv

A program that helps you to make invitations, certificates, etc. from a CSV file and a SVG template.

InkCSV

InkCSV is a program that helps you to make invitations, certificates, name tags, etc. from a CSV file and a SVG template.

I made this program on a GNU/Linux distro, so I don't think it would work on another operating system (like Windows, BSD, or OS X).

Installation

To run this program, you will need:

• Inkscape
• Python (2.x or 3.x)

To install this program, copy inkcsv file to a $PATH directory.

If you have no idea what to do, please type these instructions in terminal:

sudo apt-get install inkscape python git
git clone https://github.com/PramastaRR/inkcsv.git
cd inkcsv
sudo cp inkcsv /usr/local/bin

Usage

inkcsv [CSV file name] [SVG template file name] [Words to replace] [DPI]

• [CSV file name]: the data source, on CSV format.
• [SVG template file name]: the template, on SVG format.
• [Words to replace]: words to replace on the template, please separate each word with comma (,)
• [DPI]: DPI of the exported PNG file. Inkscape's default is 96.

Example

Case: We are going to make name tags for employees in a company.

people.csv

Ann, Manager
Bonnie, Programmer
Coco, Designer

template.svg

With CSV data source and SVG template above, we can make name tags with:

inkcsv people.csv template.svg var_name,var_role 96

The results will be saved in exported directory. The results will look like this:

Contribution

If you are interested with this project, you can contribute by making pull requests. I need your help to tidy up the code and the documentation!