Biorix

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Interesting! I'll take a look
Although, I'm not sure if I'll be able to implement it in my company.
Thanks!

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Thank you !

It's pretty much the solution I already have: I generate a doc with DocxTemplate through a webpage made with Flask.

What I'm looking for is a solution with a user-friendly pipeline that can be easily used by anyone once it's set up

Form > generate new entry in a db

Entry > Select entry from tags > generate documents from template

Airtable is already proposing something similar, which is why I'm currently trying it with zapier, Documint, and other automation solutions

I'm looking for a self host solution but mostly a free and polished one

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

It is, but the main issue is how to select the values from the database and to render without the user needing to tweak anything

Latex, MD, Word is equivalent (although Word is preferred) since I'll just place universal markers in it

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Yes, it does have the same option that libreoffice. But this solution would not be better than what I have currently

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Sorry, my comments and edits seem to fail every time

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Thanks! This look interesting. I can't find the document generation though

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Ha that looks like something I can use!

I think that Airtable + Make is still easier to use with less code, so my colleagues might prefer it over your solution

But I definitely keep that in mind. I have another tool where that might be useful.

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Nice!

Secretary looks exactly like Docxtemplate, which I used on my homemade webpage. Maybe it's a fork.

It never was really user friendly so I am looking to replace it. That is also the main issue with your self build solution? Or are there other issues as well?

Yes exactly. I need people to be able to use the tools easily and reliably and to be able to add templates themselves.

Also, my main job is not developing tools and I can only do it on my spare time, so the fastest it is to implement the better.

After a week to try, Airtable + Make seems to be the easiest. Airtable also offers to generate documents directly in it, but it lacks options.

My main issue with a lot of tool (except Docxtemplate or similar) is to renders array of data. Most solution replace a {{tag}} with an info, but what I would need is a {{array[i]}} and to be able to generate different paragraphs.

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Oh wow that looks great! I didn't know about n8n

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

It used to be integromat. You can look it up more easily, haha

I almost succeeded with it, but to integrate multiple entries in one document, it was too complicated.

So, I'm modifying the code I originally made to make API calls to Airtable, and I assemble the doc with docxtpl

I started by creating an API on my already functioning flask app, so everything can be done through Airtable page.
But I was worried about opening an API to the world, so I decided to make a local python app that I'll probably compile to .exe

And yes, I can open source, but it's really tailored to me needs

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

I'm using docxtpl which uses jinja placeholder to set values.

For your solution, you should use jinja
It's used for whatever text files you want, htlm, txt, latex, MD, etc. And you can put code into the document (see my examples document in the post)

Biorix OP , 1 month ago

Yes, that why I recommand jinja. as it can be used in OpenXML as well as latex or anything in plain text.

Let's say you want to place a table that corresponds to a certain pattern, you could add it to your file conditionally.
In your Word document, you could add that :

{% for job in jobs %}
   {% if job.style == 1 %}
       {{ job.name }} |  {{ job.date}} | ...
   {% else %}
       - {{ job.name }}
       - {{ job.date}}
       - ...
    {% endif %}
{% endfor %}

I don't know .NET but you can probably call a Jinja tools

Also for the resume, you might be insterested in Rx Resume