42-pdf-tools

42 - PDF Manipulation Tools

What It Does

PDF utilities using PyPDF2 for extracting text, merging PDFs, splitting by page range, and reading metadata.

Run It

pip install -r requirements.txt
python pdf_tools.py

Core Concepts

• PyPDF2.PdfReader for reading PDFs
• PyPDF2.PdfWriter for creating PDFs
• Text extraction from pages
• PDF merging and splitting
• Metadata extraction

What You Will Learn

You will learn how to programmatically manipulate PDF documents and build document processing automation.

Project Structure

42-pdf-tools/
  README.md
  pdf_tools.py
  requirements.txt

Prerequisites

Install the required packages before running:

pip install PyPDF2

Example Output

PDF Tools
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1. Extract Text
2. Merge PDFs
3. Split PDF
4. Get Metadata

Choice: 4
File: document.pdf
  Title: Annual Report 2024
  Author: John Smith
  Pages: 42
  Creator: Microsoft Word