reportlab-explorations/make-multipaged-document-with-reportlab.py

from reportlab.pdfgen.canvas import Canvas
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter, A4
from reportlab.lib.units import mm, inch
from reportlab.lib.colors import pink, black, red, blue, green

def bodytext(canvas, textfile):
	# Select unit
	canvas.translate(mm, mm)
	
	# Select font
	canvas.setFont("Helvetica", 14)
		# unit is point!

	# Add text from document
	textobject = canvas.beginText()    
	textobject.setTextOrigin(10*mm, 10*mm) # x, y ?

	for line in textfile:
		# textobject.textLine(line)
		# does not move the cursor

		textobject.textOut(line)
		textobject.moveCursor(2*mm, 17.5) # positive value is moving the cursor down!
		# move the cursor for the next line

	textobject.setFillGray(0.4)    
	textobject.textOut('''With many apologies to the Beach Boys    and anyone else who finds this objectionable''')    
	
	# draw text to canvas
	canvas.drawText(textobject)

def moretext(canvas, text):
	tobject = canvas.beginText()
	canvas.drawText(tobject)
	for line in text:
		canvas.drawString(line)

page = Canvas("multipaged.pdf", pagesize=A4, bottomup=0, verbosity=1)

# flow text over pages
textfile = open('language.txt', 'r').readlines()
bodytext(page, textfile)

# add a new page
page.showPage()

# add more text
text = ['Hello you!','And hello me!','What else is there to say?']
bodytext(page, text)

# add a new page
page.showPage()

# save PDF
page.save()