qpdfImageEmbed

A utility to embed an image or a QR into a pdf file.

Dependencies

• qpdf (v11 or later)
• boost_program_options
• ImageMagick
• libqrencode

Build

Install the necessary packages according to your linux distribution.

In Debian/Ubuntu:

apt install libqpdf-dev libboost-program-options-dev libmagick++-dev libqrencode-dev cmake gcc

Then configure and compile the program:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. && make

Install

After the compilation has completed successfully we execute:

make install

Available options

Generic:
  -h [ --help ]               Produce this help message
  -i [ --input-file ] arg     Input file
  -o [ --output-file ] arg    Output file
  --rotate arg (=0)           Assume page is rotated by 0/90/180/270 degrees
  --debug                     Print extra debug messages

Image:
  -s [ --stamp ] arg          Image to embed
  --img-scale arg (=1)        Scale image by a factor eg. 0.5
  --img-link-to arg           Image will be clickable linking to the url passed
                              as argument

Image relative placement:
  --img-side arg              Side of the document: 0 center (default), 1 left,
                              2 right
  --img-top-margin arg        Set a margin for the image placement from the top
                              of the page
  --img-side-margin arg       Set a margin for the image placement from the 
                              sides of the page

Image absolute placement:
  --img-x arg                 x position from the left of the page (positive 
                              right)
  --img-y arg                 y position from the bottom of the page (positive 
                              up)

QR:
  --qr arg                    Add QR instead of image using the specified text
  --link                      QR value is a URL. Add clickable link
  --qr-side arg (=0)          Side of the document: 0 center (default), 1 left,
                              2 right
  --qr-scale arg (=1)         Scale QR by a factor eg. 0.5
  --qr-top-margin arg (=10)   Set a margin for the QR placement from the top of
                              the page
  --qr-side-margin arg (=15)  Set a margin for the QR placement from the sides 
                              of the page

Text (only in latin alphabet):
  --add-text arg              Add extra text to the first page. It can take 
                              multiple strings of the form 
                              '[x,y:][size:][style:]text' where x,y are the 
                              coordinates where the text will appear, size is a
                              float and gives the font size of the text and 
                              style can be 'i', 'b', 'bi', 'ib' for italic, 
                              bold and bold+italic