The options are xlsx, xlsx_single, csv or xml. Replace xlsx with the format you'd like to convert the PDF to.Replace merged_pdfs.pdf with what you'd like to call the PDF file containing all merged PDFs.Replace merge_and_convert.py with the name of your Python file.Navigate to your Python file in the terminal and run the following command: python merge_and_convert.py merged_pdfs.pdf xlsx your_api_key 1,3,5 Subprocess.call("pdftk.exe invoice1.pdf invoice2.pdf invoice3.pdf cat output "+ pdf_input_file) However, if you would like to convert only some of the PDFs in the folder,Ĭhange *.pdf from line 13 ( #subprocess to merge PDFs) to be a list of the PDFs, for example: If you are converting all PDFs in the folder, you do not need to change the script. If you don’t understand the script above, see the script overview section. Print("Format given not recognised, converting to xlsx") With open(pdf_file_selected_pages, 'wb') as f:Ĭ.xml(pdf_file_selected_pages, excel_output_file)Ĭ.csv(pdf_file_selected_pages, excel_output_file)Ĭ.xlsx(pdf_file_selected_pages, excel_output_file)Ĭ.xlsx_single(pdf_file_selected_pages, excel_output_file) Pdf_file_selected_pages = pdf_input_file + '.tmp' Page = pdf_file_reader.getPage(page_number-1) Pdf_writer_selected_pages = PdfFileWriter() Sys.exit('Error: page numbers out of range: '.format(pages_str)) Subprocess.call("pdftk *.pdf cat output "+ pdf_input_file) py) in your code editor, with a name of your choice, then add the following code:įrom PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
In the folder where your PDFs are located, create a new Python file (.
Command line pdf merge install#
To install this library, run the following command in your terminal:
Command line pdf merge how to#
If you don't have the PDFTables Python library set up and running on your machine, first go to our tutorial How to convert a PDF to Excel with Python and follow steps 1 and 2.Īdditionally, you'll need an API key and the PyPDF2 library installed. You will need to download the PDFtk Server version suitable for the OS you are working on. I've used a tool from PDF Labs called PDFtk. The script I will be using also allows you to convert to CSV and XML. I’ll be merging 3 PDFs then converting pages 1, 3 and 5 into an Excel workbook. In this tutorial, I’ll be showing you how to do a PDF merge online using Python and then how to extract specific data from PDF to Excel, CSV or XML in the same script.
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