A simple project to make working with pdfs easy.
- Merging PDFs.
- Slicing PDFs.
- Reordering PDFs.
- Interactive working with PDFs.
There are currently no plans to expand functionality. However, this is due to other projects rather than lack of interest. If you have a feature you want added to this tool, open an issue.
As this tool is meant to have many functions, each function's usage will be broken down in this section.
In general, the unpackaged version of this project will require
Python3 and the dependancies outlined in requirements.txt.
To install these requirements, first install pip3 then
run from the root directory:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Merging PDFs uses the merge command of pdftools.
The automatically generated usage for this command is:
usage: pdftool.py merge [-h] [-s SOURCE_RANGE SOURCE_RANGE]
[-m MERGE_RANGE MERGE_RANGE] [-o OUTPUT_FILE]
source merge
positional arguments:
source The pdf that will be stitched on to
merge The pdf that will be stitched to [source]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-s SOURCE_RANGE SOURCE_RANGE, --source_range SOURCE_RANGE SOURCE_RANGE
Range of pages to include in merged pdf. ex) -s 2 END
-m MERGE_RANGE MERGE_RANGE, --merge_range MERGE_RANGE MERGE_RANGE
Range of pages to include in merged pdf. ex) -m 2 END
-o OUTPUT_FILE, --output_file OUTPUT_FILE
The name of the outputted pdf
Translated, this means that to use the tools your command must first start with
python pdftool.py merge
Next, the path to the 'source' and 'merge' pdfs must be added. The 'source' pdf is the pdf that will appear first in the merged doc. The 'merge' pdf is the pdf that will be appeneded to source.
Finally, if you want to output to a file other that 'output.pdf'
specify the -o or --output_file switch, and provide a file name.
Example usage:
python3 pdftool.py merge pdf1.pdf pdf2.pdf -o myCombinedPDF.pdf
Example usage combining with page ranges:
python3 pdftool.py merge pdf1.pdf pdf2.pdf -s 1 3 -m 5 END
This command will merge pages 1, 2, 3 from pdf1.pdf and pages 5 and on from pdf2.pdf into a combined pdf called output.pdf