Create, Edit & Convert PDF to Images via Python API

Getting Started with PDFsuite

To run PDFsuite first you need to install python 3 and the pyobjc library, and after that in the Terminal please type the following command and press Return.

 pip3 install pyobjc 

It is also possible to install the library manually; download the latest release files directly from GitHub repository.

Convert PDF to Image & Other Formats

The PDFsuite has incorporated complete functionality for converting PDF documents to various image file formats. It provides PNG, JPEG, Tiff, and other popular image file formats. It is also possible to create a bitmap image from each page of the provided PDF documents with ease. Once the process is complete you need to assign a separate name to each file and save it on the disk. It also supports altering the resolution, transparency, and other parameters. It is also possible to convert PDF files to text & other file formats.

Combine Multiple PDF Files using Python Scripts

Have you ever been in a situation where it is required to combine different PDF documents to create a new PDF file? Organizations often require merging multiple PDF files into a single document. The PDFsuite library makes it easy for its users to combine multiple PDF documents into a single one with just a couple of lines of Python code. It also adds a table of contents entry for each component file. The library also fully supports splitting large PDF documents into smaller ones inside Python apps.

def merge(filename):

	writeContext = None
			
	shortName = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
	outFilename = shortName + "+wm.pdf"
	metaDict = getDocInfo(filename)

	writeContext = createOutputContextWithPath(outFilename, metaDict)
	readPDF = createPDFDocumentWithPath(filename)
	mergePDF = createPDFDocumentWithPath(watermark)
	
	if writeContext != None and readPDF != None:
		numPages = Quartz.CGPDFDocumentGetNumberOfPages(readPDF)
		for pageNum in range(1, numPages + 1):	
			page = Quartz.CGPDFDocumentGetPage(readPDF, pageNum)
			mergepage = Quartz.CGPDFDocumentGetPage(mergePDF, 1)
			if page:
				mediaBox = Quartz.CGPDFPageGetBoxRect(page, Quartz.kCGPDFMediaBox)
				if Quartz.CGRectIsEmpty(mediaBox):
					mediaBox = None			
				Quartz.CGContextBeginPage(writeContext, mediaBox)	
				Quartz.CGContextSetBlendMode(writeContext, Quartz.kCGBlendModeOverlay)

				Quartz.CGContextDrawPDFPage(writeContext, page)
				Quartz.CGContextDrawPDFPage(writeContext, mergepage)
				Quartz.CGContextEndPage(writeContext)
		Quartz.CGPDFContextClose(writeContext)
		del writeContext
			
	else:
		print ("A valid input file and output file must be supplied.")
		sys.exit(1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	for filename in sys.argv[1:]:
		
		merge(filename)

Convert PDF Files into Text File via Python

The open source PDFsuite library has included several important features for PDF document conversion to numerous support file formats. One important feature is converting the text content of a PDF file into an external text file and saving it to the place of your choice. It is also possible to save each page of the PDF documents as a separate file and save it with a different name.

import os, sys
from Quartz import PDFDocument
from CoreFoundation import (NSURL, NSString)

# Can't seem to import this constant, so manually creating it.
NSUTF8StringEncoding = 4

def main():
	for filename in sys.argv[1:]:	
		shortName = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
		outputfile = shortName+" text.txt"
		pdfURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath_(filename)
		pdfDoc = PDFDocument.alloc().initWithURL_(pdfURL)
		if pdfDoc :
			pdfString = NSString.stringWithString_(pdfDoc.string())
			pdfString.writeToFile_atomically_encoding_error_(outputfile, True, NSUTF8StringEncoding, None)

if __name__ == "__main__":
   main()

Rotate, Trim, Crop PDFs or Pages in Python Apps

The PDFsuite library has included several important functionalities for easily handling PDF files. It allows programmers to rotate, trim, crop, tint, watermark, scale, and rinse PDF documents inside their own Python application. It has provided two ways to rotate a PDF page or complete file. The first one is to create a new PDF context, graphically transform each page of the original and save the file. Secondly, you just need to adjust the 'rotation' parameter on each page and that’s it.

import sys
import os
from Quartz import PDFDocument, kPDFDisplayBoxMediaBox, kPDFDisplayBoxTrimBox, CGRectEqualToRect
from CoreFoundation import NSURL

mediabox = kPDFDisplayBoxMediaBox
trimbox = kPDFDisplayBoxTrimBox
	
def trimPDF(filename):
	hasBeenChanged = False
	# filename = filename.decode('utf-8')
	shortName = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
	outFilename = shortName + " TPS.pdf"
	pdfURL = NSURL.fileURLWithPath_(filename)
	pdfDoc = PDFDocument.alloc().initWithURL_(pdfURL)
	if pdfDoc:
		pages = pdfDoc.pageCount()
		for p in range(0, pages):
			page = pdfDoc.pageAtIndex_(p)
			mediaBoxSize = page.boundsForBox_(mediabox)
			trimBoxSize = page.boundsForBox_(trimbox)
			if not CGRectEqualToRect(mediaBoxSize, trimBoxSize):
				page.setBounds_forBox_(trimBoxSize, mediabox)
				hasBeenChanged = True
		if hasBeenChanged:
			pdfDoc.writeToFile_(outFilename)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	for filename in sys.argv[1:]:
		trimPDF(filename)