A simple python package that helps with doing simple stuff with PDFs.
- Bundle: Bundle multiple files into one PDF
- PDF inputs
- Image inputs (e.g. PNG, JPG, etc.)
- Markdown inputs
- Merge PDFs: Merge multiple PDFs into one PDF
- Split PDFs: Split a PDF into multiple PDFs, each containing a range of pages from the original PDF
- Export as image: Export designated pages from a PDF as image files
- Remove pages: Remove designated pages from a PDF
- Encrypt a PDF
- Decrypt a PDF
- Add watermark to a PDF
- Extract images from a PDF
- Extract text: Export text from a PDF file and optionally save it to a text file
- Extract links from a PDF
If you want any other feature to be added, feel free to open an issue or fork the repo and make a pull request after adding your contribution.
You can install PDF-Helper via pip:
pip install pdf-helper
# Or use uv to install the tool
uv tool install pdf-helperAnd run it using the command line:
pdf-helper <command> [options]Or you can use uvx to run the package without installing it in a specific python environment:
uvx pdf-helper <command> [options]You can also clone the repository and use uv run:
git clone https://github.com/MPCodeWriter21/PDF-Helper.git
cd PDF-Helper
uv run pdf-helper <command> [options]Bundle multiple files into one PDF:
pdf-helper bundle <input_file_1> <input_file_2>... <input_file_n> <output_file>
# E.g. Merge PDFs 1, 2 and 3 into a new PDF
pdf-helper merge 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf new.pdf
# E.g. Take 1.png, 2.jpg, and 3.png and create a PDF named 123.pdf and override
# if already exists
pdf-helper bundle 1.png 2.jpg 3.png 123.pdf -f
# E.g. Take part1.pdf, image1.png, ending.pdf and bundle them into a PDF named final.pdf
pdf-helper bundle part1.pdf image1.png ending.pdf final.pdf -vSplit a PDF into multiple PDFs, each containing a range of pages:
pdf-helper split <input_file> <output_folder> -s <split_point_1>,<split_point_2>
# E.g. Split a PDF into three PDFs, one with pages 1-10, the second with pages 11-20 and
# the third with pages 21-end
pdf-helper split my-pdf.pdf my-split-pdfs -s 10,20
# E.g. Split a PDF into PDFs each containing one page
pdf-helper split my-pdf.pdf my-split-pdfs # No need to specify split pointsExport PDF pages as image files:
pdf-helper to-image <input_file> <output_folder> \
-p <page_number_1>,<page_number_2>,...,<page_number_n> -s <scale_factor>
# E.g. Export pages 1, 2, 3 and 6 from a PDF with scale factor 1
pdf-helper to-image 1.pdf images -p 1-3,6 -s 1
# E.g. Export all pages from a PDF with scale 2
pdf-helper to-image my-pdf.pdf my-imagesRemove pages from a PDF:
pdf-helper remove-pages <input_file> <output_file> <page_number_1>,<page_number_2>,...,<page_number_n>
# E.g. Remove pages 1, 2, 3 and 6 from a PDF
pdf-helper remove-pages 1.pdf new.pdf 1-3,6To extract text from a PDF file and export them to text files you can do as follows:
pdf-helper extract-text <input_file> -o <output_file_name>
# E.g. Extract text from a PDF named my-pdf.pdf and save it to my-text.txt
pdf-helper extract-text my-pdf.pdf -o my-text.txtAuthor: CodeWriter21
GitHub: MPCodeWriter21/PDF-Helper
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This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the LICENSE