I have written a script in python that produces matplotlib graphs and puts them into a pdf report using reportlab.

I am having difficulty embedding SVG image files into my PDF file. I've had no trouble using PNG images but I want to use SVG format as this produces better quality images in the PDF report.

This is the error message I am getting:

IOError: cannot identify image file

Does anyone have suggestions or have you overcome this issue before?

You need to make sure you are importing PIL (Python Imaging Library) in your code so that ReportLab can use it to handle image types like SVG. Otherwise it can only support a few basic image formats.

That said, I recall having some trouble, even when using PIL, with vector graphics. I don't know if I tried SVG but I remember having a lot of trouble with EPS.