title: Python app to run JasperReport libraries - i.e. no JasperServer
body: <p>I'm looking to try and run Jasper reports (that have been written in iReports and exported to xml) from within a python application, without having to communicate with a JasperServer instance.  Is this possible?</p>
  
  <p>I've done some googling and only come across a 2 year old SO question (where the suggested answer actually requires JasperServer):
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7903557/run-jasper-report-created-with-ireport-from-within-python-without-jasperserver">Run jasper report (created with iReport) from within python without jasperserver?</a></p>
  
  <p>And something that looks kind of promising, except for the "It is obsolete" in the title:
  <a href="http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576969-python-jasperreport-integration-it-is-obsolete/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576969-python-jasperreport-integration-it-is-obsolete/</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm hoping it's obsolete because this is now an officially supported thing (dream on, Dave), but I can't find anything about it, if it is.</p>