I'm attempting to write some stand-alone python code that opens a qgis project and print composer template in order to generate pdf figures. I have this running on my Windows 7 machine, but I need to move it onto our Ubuntu Linux server.
The code crashes when trying to load a template into the print composer, printing the following error to the console:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
This is the code I'm trying to run using the python interpreter:
from qgis.
from qgis.gui import *
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtXml import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
import sys
import os
app = QgsApplication(sys.argv, False)
app.initQgis()
os.chdir('/path/to/output')
renderer = QgsMapRenderer()
project_path = "/path/to/project/project.qgs"
template_path = "/path/to/template/template.qpt"
project = QgsProject.instance()
project.read(QFileInfo(project_path))
root = project.layerTreeRoot()
layers = []
for child in root.children():
if child.isVisible():
layers.append(child.layerId())
renderer.setLayerSet(layers)
template_file = file(template_path)
template_content = template_file.read()
template_file.close()
document = QDomDocument()
document.setContent(template_content)
c = QgsComposition(renderer)
c.loadFromTemplate(document)
c.refreshItems()
map_item = c.getComposerItemById('map')
map_item.setNewScale(14400000000,True)
#export to PDF and also save a QGS file
c.exportAsPDF('Fig' + str(1) + '.pdf')
project.write(QFileInfo('Fig' + str(1) + '.qgs'))
#clear project instance
project.clear()
app.exitQgis()
app.exit()
sys.exit()
The line that causes the problem is:
c.loadFromTemplate(document)
The qpt file was created in Windows, I'm not sure if that would be a problem. The qgs file was also created in Windows and it works fine.
EDIT: I figured out that its the ComposerLabel tag in the qpt file that is causing the problem. Also, I'm using QGS 2.18.
