asuccurro/badgemaker

Python and LaTeX scripts to make conference badges from csv table

BadgeMaker

Creates pdf files ready to be printed to make badges (e.g. on perforated paper). To use you will have to:

1. Have all your participants collected in a csv file (e.g. participants/list.csv)
2. Fix the LaTeX template tex/template_top.tex to your needs. The current template is for 8 badges of dimension 60mm x 90mm printed on perforated A4 paper
3. Run the python script
4. Run the bash script

Python script usage

python create_badges.py 

Options:

  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -V, --verbose         increase output verbosity
  -i INFILENAME, --infilename INFILENAME
                        Input file name
  -o OUTFILENAME, --outfilename OUTFILENAME
                        Input file name
  -d DELIMITER, --delimiter DELIMITER
                        Delimiter of the csv input file, by default ","
  -r REMOVEROWS, --removerows REMOVEROWS
                        Rows to be removed
  -b NBADGESPPAGE, --nbadgesppage NBADGESPPAGE
                        Number of badges per page
  -n NAMEKEY, --namekey NAMEKEY
                        Key for name field
  -a AFFKEY, --affkey AFFKEY
                        Key for affiliation field

Output:

Various .tex files, containing 8 lines each (1 line == 1 badge)

Bash script usage

source compile.sh

Output:

One .tex file per page, assembled from the template and the python script outputs, and the corresponding compiled .pdf files