PDF Processing Guide

Overview

This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see reference.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read forms.md and follow its instructions.

Quick Start

from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter

# Read a PDF
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")

# Extract text
text = ""
for page in reader.pages:
    text += page.extract_text()

Python Libraries

🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

1. pypdf - Basic Operations

2. pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction

3. reportlab - Create PDFs

4. pdftotext (poppler-utils)

5. qpdf

6. pdftk (if available)

7. Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

8. Add Watermark

9. Extract Images

10. Password Protection