pypdftk

Python module to drive the awesome pdftk binary.

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Features

fill_form

Fill a PDF with given data and returns the output PDF path

• pdf_path : input PDF
• datas : dictionnary of fielf names / values
• out_file (default=auto) : output PDF path. will use tempfile if not provided
• flatten (default=True) : flatten the final PDF
• drop_xfa (default=False) : omit XFA data from the output PDF

concat

Merge multiple PDFs into one single file and returns the output PDF path

• files : list of PDF files to concatenate
• out_file (default=auto) : output PDF path. will use tempfile if not provided

get_pages

Concatenate a list of page ranges into one single file and returns the output PDF path

• pdf_path : input PDF
• ranges (default=[]) : [] for clone, [[2]] for extracting 2nd page, [[1],[2,5],[3]] for concatenating pages 1, 2-5, 3
• out_file (default=auto) : output PDF path. will use tempfile if not provided

split

Split a single PDF in many pages and return a list of pages paths

• pdf_path : input PDF
• out_dir (default=auto) : output PDFs dir. will use tempfile if not provided

warning if you give a out_dir parameter, ensure its empty, or the split function may destroy your files and return incorrect results.

gen_xfdf

Generate a XFDF file suited for filling PDF forms and return the generated XFDF file path

• datas : dictionnary of datas

get_num_pages

Return the number of pages for a given PDF

• pdf_path : input PDF file

replace_page

Replace a page in a PDF (pdf_path) by the PDF pointed by pdf_to_insert_path.

• pdf_path is the PDF that will have its page replaced.
• page_number is the number of the page in pdf_path to be replaced. It is 1-based.
• pdf_to_insert_path is the PDF that will be inserted at the old page.

stamp

Applies a stamp (from stamp_pdf_path) to the PDF file in pdf_path. If no output_pdf_path is provided, it returns a temporary file with the result PDF.

[compress | uncompress]

These are only useful when you want to edit PDF code in a text
editor like vim or emacs.  Remove PDF page stream compression by
applying the uncompress filter. Use the compress filter to
restore compression.

• pdf_path : input PDF file
• out_file (default=auto) : output PDF path. will use tempfile if not provided
• flatten (default=True) : flatten the final PDF

dump_data_fields

Read PDF and output form field statistics.

• pdf_path : input PDF file

Example

Fill a PDF model and add a cover page :

import pypdftk

datas = {
    'firstname': 'Julien',
    'company': 'revolunet',
    'price': 42
}
generated_pdf = pypdftk.fill_form('/path/to/model.pdf', datas)
out_pdf = pypdftk.concat(['/path/to/cover.pdf', generated_pdf])

pdftk path

By default, path is /usr/bin/pdftk, but you can override it with the PDFTK_PATH environment variable

Licence

This module is released under the permissive MIT license. Your contributions are always welcome.