https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files
https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
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A pure-python PDF library capable of splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf
- Owner: py-pdf
- License: other
- Created: 2012-01-06T17:13:38.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-05T08:35:18.000Z (about 1 month ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-05T15:50:22.446Z (about 1 month ago)
- Topics: help-wanted, pdf, pdf-documents, pdf-manipulation, pdf-parser, pdf-parsing, pypdf2, python
- Language: Python
- Homepage: https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- Size: 21 MB
- Stars: 9,012
- Watchers: 147
- Forks: 1,461
- Open Issues: 108
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Security: .github/SECURITY.md
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# pypdf
pypdf is a free and open-source pure-python PDF library capable of splitting,
[merging](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/merging-pdfs.html),
[cropping, and transforming](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/cropping-and-transforming.html)
the pages of PDF files. It can also add
custom data, viewing options, and
[passwords](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/encryption-decryption.html)
to PDF files. pypdf can
[retrieve text](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/extract-text.html)
and
[metadata](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/metadata.html)
from PDFs as well.
See [pdfly](https://github.com/py-pdf/pdfly) for a CLI application that uses pypdf to interact with PDFs.
## Installation
Install pypdf using pip:
```
pip install pypdf
```
For using pypdf with AES encryption or decryption, install extra dependencies:
```
pip install pypdf[crypto]
```
> **NOTE**: `pypdf` 3.1.0 and above include significant improvements compared to
> previous versions. Please refer to [the migration
> guide](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user/migration-1-to-2.html) for
> more information.
## Usage
```python
from pypdf import PdfReader
reader = PdfReader("example.pdf")
number_of_pages = len(reader.pages)
page = reader.pages[0]
text = page.extract_text()
```
pypdf can do a lot more, e.g. splitting, merging, reading and creating annotations, decrypting and encrypting. Check out the
[documentation](https://pypdf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for additional usage
examples!
For questions and answers, visit
[StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pypdf)
(tagged with [pypdf](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pypdf)).
## Contributions
Maintaining pypdf is a collaborative effort. You can support the project by
writing documentation, helping to narrow down issues, and submitting code.
See the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for more information.
### Q&A
The experience pypdf users have covers the whole range from beginner to expert. You can contribute to the pypdf community by answering questions
on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/pypdf),
helping in [discussions](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/discussions),
and asking users who report issues for [MCVE](https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example)'s (Code + example PDF!).
### Issues
A good bug ticket includes a MCVE - a minimal complete verifiable example.
For pypdf, this means that you must upload a PDF that causes the bug to occur
as well as the code you're executing with all of the output. Use
`print(pypdf.__version__)` to tell us which version you're using.
### Code
All code contributions are welcome, but smaller ones have a better chance to
get included in a timely manner. Adding unit tests for new features or test
cases for bugs you've fixed help us to ensure that the Pull Request (PR) is fine.
pypdf includes a test suite which can be executed with `pytest`:
```bash
$ pytest
===================== test session starts =====================
platform linux -- Python 3.6.15, pytest-7.0.1, pluggy-1.0.0
rootdir: /home/moose/GitHub/Martin/pypdf
plugins: cov-3.0.0
collected 233 items
tests/test_basic_features.py .. [ 0%]
tests/test_constants.py . [ 1%]
tests/test_filters.py .................x..... [ 11%]
tests/test_generic.py ................................. [ 25%]
............. [ 30%]
tests/test_javascript.py .. [ 31%]
tests/test_merger.py . [ 32%]
tests/test_page.py ......................... [ 42%]
tests/test_pagerange.py ................ [ 49%]
tests/test_papersizes.py .................. [ 57%]
tests/test_reader.py .................................. [ 72%]
............... [ 78%]
tests/test_utils.py .................... [ 87%]
tests/test_workflows.py .......... [ 91%]
tests/test_writer.py ................. [ 98%]
tests/test_xmp.py ... [100%]
========== 232 passed, 1 xfailed, 1 warning in 4.52s ==========
```