How to Generate and Email PDF Invoices in Django
📄 How to Generate and Email PDF Invoices in Django | Automate Billing in Your SaaS App
In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to automatically generate PDF invoices and send them via email in your Django application. This is a must-have feature for any SaaS platform, and I’ll show you how I implemented it in my multi-tenant app, Flexicash, using django-tenants.
🔧 What You’ll Learn:
How to structure invoice data using Django models
How to create professional invoice templates using HTML & CSS
How to convert HTML invoices to PDF using libraries like WeasyPrint
How to send PDF invoices via email automatically after key events (e.g. payment or subscription)
Bonus: Multi-tenant support using django-tenants
💡 Whether you're building a microfinance SaaS, subscription platform, or eCommerce backend, this setup will save time, reduce errors, and improve user experience.
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🌍 Africa’s Talking: https://africastalking.com/
💳 IntaSend: https://intasend.com/
🐍 Django: https://www.djangoproject.com/
🌍 Code: https://github.com/bryan-oginga/ussd-...
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💡 Tools used:
– Django : https://www.djangoproject.com/
– django-tenants : https://django-tenants.readthedocs.io...
– Neon.tech : https://neon.tech/home
– Python : https://www.python.org/