pikepdf is a Python library for reading, writing, repairing and transforming PDF files. It provides a Pythonic interface to qpdf, a mature C++ library for PDF manipulation and repair.
It supports page manipulation, metadata editing, image extraction, encryption, linearization and low-level access to PDF objects and content streams.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Read, write, create and repair PDF files.
- Merge, split, rotate and rearrange pages.
- Edit XMP and DocumentInfo metadata.
- Extract and replace images without unnecessary re-encoding.
- Open and save password-protected PDFs.
- Support AES-256, AES-128 and RC4 encryption.
- Linearize PDFs for faster web viewing.
- Inspect and manipulate PDF objects and content streams.
- Automatically repair many forms of structural PDF damage.
- Access qpdf’s Job API programmatically.
- Preview PDFs and pages in Jupyter notebooks.
Website: github.com/pikepdf/pikepdf
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Developer: James R. Barlow
License: Mozilla Public License 2.0
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