Control PDF with Python & PyPDF2

Name: Control PDF with Python & PyPDF2
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Become a PDF Power User with Python & PyPDF2

Created byConny Soderholm

Last updated 8/2023

English

What you'll learn

How to manipulate PDF's with Python
Split and merge PDF pages
Scale, rotate, split, join, crop, and transform pages
Read a pdf to memory
Fill in form fields
Insert javascript, bookmarks, and metadata
Overlay images onto PDF pages
Understand how you could apply this knowledge to your own work

Course content

7 sections • 54 lectures • 3h 16m total length

Course Introduction0:29
Installing Python on Windows0:32
Installing Python on Linux0:09
Installing Python on Mac0:10
Python IDE0:22

Introduction to the main PyPDF2 classes1:45
The four main PyPDF2 classes
Imports have changed from PyPDF2 version 3.0.0 upwards0:20
From PyPDF2 version 3.0.0, they deprecated the PdfFileReader. When you run the code, you will get a DeprecationError: PdfFileReader is deprecated and was removed in PyPDF2 3.0.0. Use PdfReader instead.

PyPDF2 now require PdfReader, PdfWriter, and PdfMerger imports, not PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter, and PdfFileMerger.
Main PyPDF2 classes
The PdfReader class and number of pages7:29
An Introduction to the PdfFileReader class showing how to get the number of pages in a PDF document
Get document information5:13
Retrieving Document Information with the GetDocumentInfo method
Get document fields4:56
How to use the getFields method to access form fields in a PDF.
Get document page layout3:39
How to get the documents page layout
Get document page mode3:19
Access the page mode of the document. You can for example set fullscreen mode, bookmarks, or attachments.
Get XMP metadata2:45
How to access the Adobes Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) data from the document.
Get document pages5:01
Get a single page from the document
Get page text2:14
Get the text of a page
PdfFileReader quiz

Introduction0:16
This section is quite large and contains a lot of information on how to work with pages. We will learn how to scale, rotate, crop, clip, and watermark pages. We will also look into how to split and join pages. In the end, we will see how we can read a pdf to memory instead of having to write to disk all the time.
Scaling pages5:52
How to scale pages
Rotating pages3:38
How to rotate pages
Creating blank pages7:32
Inserting blank pages
Splitting pages10:18
How to split pages into separate PDF files
Joining pages4:22
How to join several pages into one single document
Page boxes introduction2:28
What are page boxes or boundary boxes of a pdf?
Page Boxes11:04
How page boxes work and how to manipulate them.
Cropping pages5:31
How to crop a page
Clipping pages5:23
How to clip a page
Watermarking pages3:14
How to add a watermark
Transforming pages10:19
How to transform pages. You can Translate, Scale, Rotate, and Skew the pages.
Reading a pdf to memory4:17
How to read a pdf file to a memory object in order to avoid writing it to disk.
Decreasing PDF file size2:57
Compress page file size
Manipulating pages quiz

Introduction0:10
Here we will use the PdfFileWriter to add javascript, bookmarks, links, metadata, fill in form fields and open our password protected files. I would be very grateful if you could leave a review of the course if you haven't done so already. Thanks!
Adding javascript3:26
How to add javascript to a pdf
Encrypting and decrypting (Password protection)5:06
How to apply password protection and how to read password protection from a pdf.
Filling in form fields7:34
Fill in writable fields in a document.
Adding bookmarks5:30
How to add bookmarks
Adding links4:26
How to add links to your document
Adding metadata2:55
Add metadata to your document
Writing data quiz

Introduction0:08
Here we will explore how to apply our knowledge of PyPDF2 in real applications. These projects could easily be applicable to organizations and clients. Remember to ask any questions you have in the Q&A!
Searching a PDF file for keywords from url6:27
We will search inside a pdf that is stored on the internet for certain keywords.
Merge multiple PDF's into one3:26
Merge multiple PDF files into one single PDF.
Split all PDF files in folder to separate pages3:46
How to split each PDF in the scripts folder to a separate PDF for each page.
Watermark all pages for all files in folder4:51
Apply a watermark to every page
Fill different names in application form5:21
Automate the filling of PDF forms with different values from a list.
Convert image to PDF3:13
Convert an image to a PDF

Introduction0:08
Open pdf reader with Python1:34
How to open your PDF reader with Python
Get list of pdf files in folders and subfolders3:14
Get a list of all PDF files inside folders and subfolders
Create folders from list3:09
Create folders from a text file containing the folder names.
Open and Save As file dialogs7:07
Open file and save file dialogs with tkinter
Save Word document as PDF2:11
Save a word document as a PDF with Python

Requirements

Basic Python knowledge - Don't worry, we will cover each code snippet
You will need a computer with Python 3 installed, then we will cover how to install PyPDF2
Some form of PDF viewer

Description

Description

Become a PDF Power User - Learn how to control & automate PDF's with Python and PyPDF2

Do you have a bunch of PDF files that you need to format or merge? Do you need to overlay images on each page? Maybe you just want to show off at the office! Whatever your needs, you can expect a comprehensive guide going through the nuts and bolts of how automating PDF's works. The course dives straight into PyPDF2, so you will be up and running creating and manipulating your PDFs in no-time.

I have had so much use of PyPDF2 when dealing with PDF's. You can split and merge documents, add metadata, fill in form fields, add javascript, and much more. I am sure you will benefit from learning PyPDF2 if you have even the slightest interest in making your everyday life easier.

After taking this course you will know how to:

Split and merge PDF pages
Scale, rotate, split, join, crop, and transform pages
Read a pdf to memory
Fill in form fields
Insert javascript, bookmarks, and metadata
Overlay images onto PDF pages
Understand how you could apply this knowledge to your own work

Whether it's gaming, business, engineering, or data you're passionate about, this course will give you everything you need for working on PDF's with Python. Take this course today, and begin your journey towards taking back control of the PDF documents!

Who this course is for:

Anyone interested in controlling and automating PDF documents with Python
The one who want to get rid of manually editing hundreds of PDF's by hand.
Especially suitable for those who would like to edit multiple PDF's or automate the creation of new PDF's from existing PDF files.

Control PDF with Python & PyPDF2

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Course content

Getting started5 lectures • 2min

PyPDF2 Introduction5 lectures • 7min

Reading PDF's10 lectures • 37min

Manipulating pages14 lectures • 1hr 17min

Writing data7 lectures • 29min

Practical applications7 lectures • 27min

Useful code6 lectures • 17min

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