I would use pdftk (which is a pdf utility written in java) and a run pdftk from your python program. The following link has some sample code: [url=http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1890570/how-can-i-auto-populate-a-pdf-form-in-django-python]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1890570/how-can-i-auto-populate-a-pdf-form-in-django-python[/url]