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Scripter

Here ist documentation about the current scripting component in Scribus:

• Scripter API -- Routines which can be used in scripts to control Scribus
• Databases -- Scripts can interact with database software like MySQL or SQLite
• Alessandro Rimoldi's blog series on scripter functions - a_l_e's blog
• [to make the snippets downloadables]

Script snippets

This section contains snippets you can use to create your own scripts.

It will feature:

• reading a file
• updating a status bar
• selecting a frame
• pausing the screen update

Script Template

Here is a script template with all setups (for writing your own script): main()

Go through all elements on a page

page = 1
pagenum = scribus.pageCount()
content = []
while (page <= pagenum):
    scribus.gotoPage(page)
    d = scribus.getPageItems()
    for item in d:
        // do something
    page += 1

Get content like text out of a frame

content = []
d = scribus.getPageItems()
for item in d:
    if (item[1] == 4):
        contents = scribus.getAllText(item[0])
        if (contents in content):
            contents = 'Duplication, perhaps linked-to frame'
            content.append(contents)
        elif (item[1] == 2):
            imgname = scribus.getImageFile(item[0])

ITEM TYPE

• ItemType1 = 1,
• ImageFrame = 2,
• ItemType3 = 3,
• TextFrame = 4,
• Line = 5,
• Polygon = 6,
• PolyLine = 7,
• PathText = 8,
• LatexFrame = 9,
• Multiple = 99

Image Manipulation

• Objects: Images -- Example Scripts that manipulate images in a Scribus document

Beginners Scripts

Link to Script	Scripter commands demonstrated
Elementary Rectangle	newDocument, createRect, setCornerRadius, setLineWidth, setFillColor, setLineColor, saveDocAs
Drawing Lines and Python "For loops"	newDocument, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillShade, createRect, saveDocAs
Drawing Circles with Radii	newDocument, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, zoomDocument, saveDocAs
Making a dot gradient	newDocument, createEllipse, setLineWidth, setFillColor, setFillShade, saveDocAs, currentPage, setHGuides, messageBox, statusMessage, progressReset
Adding 'DRAFT' to a document	haveDoc, createLayer, getActiveLayer, setActiveLayer, createText, setUnit, setText, setTextColor, setFontSize, rotateObject
Making layout grid with guides	haveDoc, valueDialog, getUnit, setUnit, getPageSize, getPageMargins,
Creating Markers for positioning and cutting	defineColor, createEllipse, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor, createLine, getPageSize, createRect
Creating Markers - another version	valueDialog, getColor, getLayers, createLayer, setActiveLayer, setHGuides, setVGuides, getHGuides, getVGuides, createText, setTextColor, insertText, setFontSize, setLineSpacing, defineColor, createRect, groupObjects, createLine, setLineColor, setLineWidth, createEllipse, haveDoc, messageBox
Bleed, create markers and export a document to pdf
Making margins in Guttenberg way	haveDoc, getUnit, setUnit, getPageSize, getPageMargins, setMargins, messageBox, statusMessage, progressReset
Generate a ten page layout with three columns on each page
Generating a Postnet barcode	haveDoc, setUnit, valueDialog, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor
Generating a Code39 Barcode	haveDoc, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor, createText, setFont, setFontSize, setTextAlignment, valueDialog, messageBox, docChanged
A Standard Form with Barcodes and Custom Entries	newDoc, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor, createLayer, setActiveLayer, createText, setFont, setFontSize, setTextAlignment, selectText, setTextDistances, valueDialog, messageBox
Automatically Creating a Graph	haveDoc, valueDialog, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor, createText, setTextColor, setText, setTextAlignment, setFont, setFontSize, rotateObject
Creating a Graph, Part 2	haveDoc, valueDialog, setUnit, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor, createText, setTextColor, setText, setTextAlignment, setFont, setFontSize
Advanced Graphing	fileDialog, haveDoc, setUnit, valueDialog, createLine, setLineWidth, setLineColor, setFillColor, createPolyLine
Making a Pie Chart	valueDialog, messageBox, haveDoc, importSVG – much of the script involves mathematical calculations
Import an image in the way office-programs do	getPageSize, fileDialog, createImage, setScaleImageToFrame, setFillColor, setLineColor, getImageScale, sizeObject, haveDoc, messageBox This is an old script (Scribus 1.3.3.3), so be sure to check the precise names of commands. If you find errors, let us know or edit the wiki page to correct.
Drawing a grid	messageBox, createLine, setLineColor, haveDoc, statusMessage, progressReset There is a minor usage of Scribus commands here, but it does show how to set up a Tkinter dialog for multiple variable entry.
Importing addresses from a text file	newDoc, newPage, createText, setText, setTextAlignment, setFont, setFontSize This is almost a script fragment even though it could work on its own. What it shows is the basic operation to import information from a simple structured text file and incorporate into a document. Could be adapted for mail merge, for example.
Scale an Image to Fill a Frame Proportionally	haveDoc, selectionCount, getSelectedObject, setScaleImageToFrame, getImageScale, scaleImage, docChanged
Align an Image in its Frame
Image Wizard: Scale and Align an Image
Image Wizard Advanced
Discovering an Item's Properties	not sure if this script works
Un-Flip all Selected Items	haveDoc, selectionCount, getSelectedObject, setProperty, moveObject, docChanged
Remove Magenta Color	replaceColor, docChanged This is a "script-let" really, but quickly shows how to change or delete colors in a document. No checking for errors.
Extracting All Text from a Document	haveDoc, fileDialog, messageBox, pageCount, getPageItems, gotoPage, getAllText, getImageFile
Convert RGB value to Hex	valueDialog, messageBox This is a utility that just happens to run in Scribus, using the valueDialog and messageBox to do what the title says.
Color Chart	getPageSize, getPageMargins, createText, setFontSize, setTextAlignment, insertText, getColorNames, statusMessage, progressTotal, getColor, progressSet, haveDoc, openDoc, fileDialog, messageBox, getColorsFromDocument, newDocument, setUnit, deleteColor, defineColor, valueDialog, newPage, createRect, setFillColor, setLineColor
Book Spine Calculator	messageBox, valueDialog
create tables out of csv data
Reduce the size of Scribus generated PDFs
Convert Typewriter Quotes to Typographic Quotes
Autoquote2 – a new and improved Autoquote.py

Basic scripts

Scripts which give you ideas how you can solve your tasks.

• Poor man's mail merge
• Enlarge2Page - Enlarge an object to the size of the page.
• Making Guides at an Object's Borders

Full functional scripts

Scripts that are ready for achieving specific tasks

• Export all text from a Scribus file
• Resize selected objects
• Import xml and apply styles
• Align to the left page margin (after adding a new page in a double page document)
• Bullets. Make bulleted list.
• Bullets and numbered lists
• Scribus Generator. Extend Scribus with Mail Merge functionality.
• Image crop, resize and CMYK conversion. Save and reload in TIFF format.

Scripting new Scribus' functions

Scripts which sketch new features which may be included in future releases of Scribus

• Adjust the text frame size according to various factors

Extension scripts and PyQt

• Extension script discussion
• Experimental PyQt projects

Python issues

• Known Scripter Issues

Other

• Extension_script_repository
• Web optimised PDF — learn how to minimize PDF size, make your life easier with the included Perl script (runs outside of Scribus)
• Imagemagick Imposition – a bash script doing simple imposition of PNG files exported from Scribus
• Printing_4-up_tickets_to_hard_copy_printer Shows a) automatic numbering in text boxes and b) hard-copy printing from script