Simple way to display SVG image in a PyQt window

Question

I'm looking for a simple and reliable way for inserting an SVG image in a PyQt window. More precisely, I'm wondering if it's possible to have an SVG image applied to a QLabel. This can be done for PNG images (see code bellow).

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)

label = QtGui.QLabel()
pixmap = QtGui.QPixmap('my_image.png')
label.setPixmap(pixmap)
label.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

Edit:

I need to keep the vector aspect of the SVG image for resizing purpose. So converting the image to PNG before displaying it isn't helping.

Answer 1

QLabel only can load a pixmap. If You need a vector-graphic use QtSvg.QSvgWidget() and load the svg-file without converting:

import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtSvg

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv) 
svgWidget = QtSvg.QSvgWidget('Zeichen_123.svg')
svgWidget.setGeometry(50,50,759,668)
svgWidget.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

or render to any subclass of QPaintDevice by QtSvg.QSvgRenderer directly, e.g. to QLabel:

app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv) 

widget = QtGui.QLabel()
widget.setGeometry(50,200,500,500)
renderer =  QtSvg.QSvgRenderer('Zeichen_123.svg')
widget.resize(renderer.defaultSize())
painter = QtGui.QPainter(widget)
painter.restore()
renderer.render(painter)
widget.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

get Zeichen_123.svg here