Generate html calendars using HTMLCalendar class-Python

The calendar module in the standard library provide classes for working with dates. It allows us to format dates in a variety of ways, perform calculations on dates, determine relationships between dates, etc.

The HTMLCalendar  class generates a graphical representation of a calendar in HTML format. We can use this class to create and customize our own calendars in a web page.

Generate a html calendar for a certain month.

import calendar

html_cal = calendar.HTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0)
year = 2023
month = 8
print(html_cal.formatmonth(year, month))

The formatmonth() method  generates a html table with the values of the given month in a given year.

The result of the returned html is as follows without any styling:

We can format the html calendar to look more visually appealing by applying custom styling.

Html calendar for the current month.

import calendar
from datetime import date

html_cal = calendar.HTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0)

today = date.today()
year = today.year
month = today.month

print(html_cal.formatmonth(year, month))

Html calendar for the whole year

We can use formatyear() method to generate a HTML table representing a calendar for a given year.

import calendar
from datetime import date

html_cal = calendar.HTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0)

today = date.today()
year = today.year

print(html_cal.formatyear(year)[0:600], '.............')

Html calendar as a page

In the previous examples, the methods returned the calendar as a HTML table. The formatyearpage() formats the calendar  as a complete html page.

import calendar
from datetime import date

html_cal = calendar.HTMLCalendar(firstweekday=0)

today = date.today()
year = today.year

print(html_cal.formatyearpage(year)[0:600], '.............')