Control PDF with Python & PyPDF2
Become a PDF Power User with Python & PyPDF2
Created by Conny Söderholm | 3 hours on-demand video course
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.
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
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