Insert a Text Box in a PDF page (fitz / PyMuPDF) (Python)

2017-06-29T22:54:25-07:00

Python recipe 580809 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, mupdf, pdf, textbox).

This method inserts text into a predefined rectangular area of a (new or existing) PDF page. Words are distributed across the available space, put on new lines when required etc. Line breaks and tab characters are respected / resolved. Text can be aligned in the box (left, center, right) and fonts can be freely chosen. The method returns a float indicating how vertical space is left over after filling the area.

How to create a simple PDF Pie Chart using fitz / PyMuPDF (Python)

2017-07-10T16:07:51-07:00

Python recipe 580810 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, pdf_generation).

PyMuPDF now supports drawing pie charts on a PDF page.

Important parameters for the function are center of the circle, one of the two arc's end points and the angle of the circular sector. The function will draw the pie piece (in a variety of options) and return the arc's calculated other end point for any subsequent processing.

This example creates a chart of the parliament seat distribution for political parties in the current German Bundestag.

Create Calendars on PDF with a few lines (Python)

2017-06-13T10:57:34-07:00

Python recipe 580805 by Jorj X. McKie (calendar, fitz, mupdf, pdf, pymupdf). Revision 2.

PyMuPDF (fitz) provides easy to use ways to create PDF documents out of simple texts.

An example is the text output of Python's calendar module. Here we take a starting year as script parameter and output a 3-page (A4 landscape) document with calendars for this and the following two years - in less than 20 lines of code.

Inserting Images on PDF Pages (Python)

2017-05-17T21:10:26-07:00

Python recipe 580803 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, mupdf, pdf, pymupdf).

Version 1.11.0 of PyMuPDF allows putting an image on an existing PDF page. The following example puts the same image on every page of a given PDF - like a thumbnail.

How to handle PDF embedded files with PyMuPDF (Python)

2017-07-11T18:57:54-07:00

Python recipe 580796 by Jorj X. McKie (embedded_files, fitz, mupdf, pdf, pymupdf). Revision 3.

Version 1.11.0 (based on MuPDF v1.11) allows exporting, importing and interrogating files embedded in a PDF.

PDF "/EmbeddedFiles" are similar to ZIP archives (or the Microsoft OLE technique), allowing arbitrary data to be incorporated in a PDF and benefit from its unique features.

How to Create a PDF with a Caustic Drawing (Python)

2017-06-18T17:43:47-07:00

Python recipe 580806 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, mupdf, pdf, pymupdf).

Just a little demo on how to create simple drawings with PyMuPDF.

This script simulates what you see looking into your coffee mug, early in the morning after a long night of programming ...

Inserting pages into a PDF with PyMuPDF (Python)

2017-05-17T21:15:26-07:00

Python recipe 580802 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, mupdf, pdf, text_conversion). Revision 2.

Version 1.11.0 of PyMuPDF allows creating new PDF pages, as well as inserting images into existing pages.

Here is a script that converts any textfile into a PDF.

PDF Text Extraction using fitz / MuPDF (PyMuPDF) (Python)

2016-03-17T12:00:06-07:00

Python recipe 580626 by Jorj X. McKie (cbz, epub, mupdf, openxps, pdf, pymupdf, text_extraction, xps).

Extract all the text of a PDF (or other supported container types) at very high speed. In general, text pieces of a PDF page are not arranged in natural reading order, but in the order they were entered during PDF creation. This script re-arranges text blocks according to their pixel coordinates to achieve a more readable output, i.e. top-down, left-right.

Extract images of a PDF - optionally by page using PyMuPDF / fitz (Python)

2016-09-28T12:03:59-07:00

Python recipe 580703 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, pdf, png).

Two small scripts to extract images contained in a PDF document as PNG files. (1) Script 1 extracts all images (2) Script 2 extracts only images that are referenced by a page

How to parse a table in a PDF document (Python)

2016-04-10T22:43:57-07:00

Python recipe 580635 by Jorj X. McKie (cbz, epub, fitz, mupdf, openxps, parsing, pdf, pymupdf, table, xps). Revision 4.

A Python function that converts a table contained in a page of a PDF (or OpenXPS, EPUB, CBZ, XPS) document to a matrix-like Python object (list of lists of strings).

Rotate a PDF page in 3 lines (Python)

2016-11-06T11:33:59-08:00

Python recipe 580713 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, mupdf, pdf, pymupdf). Revision 2.

PyMuPDF v1.9.3 now supports several new features for manipulating PDFs.

Here is an example to rotate a page with just a few lines of Python code.

How to delete pages in a PDF using fitz / MuPDF / PyMuPDF (Python)

2016-05-01T09:26:44-07:00

Python recipe 580657 by Jorj X. McKie (mupdf, pdf, pdf_generation).

A new method select() in PyMuPDF 1.9.0 allows selecting pages of a PDF document to create a new one. Any Python list of integers (0 <= n < page count) can be taken.

The resulting PDF contains all links, annotations and bookmarks (provided they still point to valid targets).

CSV export / import of PDF bookmarks (table of contents) (Python)

2017-01-07T12:21:39-08:00

Python recipe 580743 by Jorj X. McKie (bookmarks, csv, fitz, mupdf, pdf).

Two little utilities to export or import a PDF's table of contents from / to a standard CSV file. Typical usecase would be:

export TOC to CSV file
edit CSV file
import TOC from CSV file

How to Maintain PDF Links with fitz / PyMuPDF (Python)

2017-03-22T13:12:25-07:00

Python recipe 580765 by Jorj X. McKie (fitz, link, mupdf, pdf).

This REPL script example displays, updates, inserts and deletes links on a PDF page.

Simple PDF Bookmark / Table of Contents Maintenance (Python)

2016-06-20T18:14:38-07:00

Python recipe 580684 by Jorj X. McKie (bookmarks, fitz, incremental, metadata, pdf, pymupdf).

PyMuPDF now supports a simple interface for maintaining table of contents / bookmarks and metadata for PDF documents. By manipulating ordinary, elementary lists and dictionaries you can add, delete, modify a PDF's metadata and table of contents.

Find all fonts used in a PDF document by page (Python)

2016-08-26T00:02:48-07:00

Python recipe 580651 by Jorj X. McKie (pdf). Revision 3.

Finds all fonts used in a PDF document by page. This new script is based on PyMuDF v1.9.2 and works for PDF files only. However, it is a lot simpler, speed has drastically improved and there is no dependency on other packages any more.

wxPython PDF / XPS Viewer using PyMuPDF (binding for fitz / MuPDF) (Python)

2016-09-28T12:21:03-07:00

Python recipe 580621 by Jorj X. McKie (cbz, epub, mupdf, pdf, pymupdf, wxpython, xps). Revision 2.

A simple program to display a PDF (or XPS, EPUB, CBZ) document with forward / backward buttons and a field for directly jumping to a specific page. It uses the Python binding PyMuPDF for fitz, the high-performance / high-quality graphics library of MuPDF. It obviously can also be used to display XPS documents on non-Windows platforms.

This new version also supports any links contained in a page.

Create Sierpinski Carpet (Fractal) FAST (Python)

2016-03-16T08:56:08-07:00

Python recipe 580624 by Jorj X. McKie (fractal, sierpinski).

Create a Sierpinski carpet using MuPDF's graphics library fitz (binding PyMuPDF) at high speed.

Create Tiles of Images with fitz / MuPDF (PyMuPDF) (Python)

2016-04-26T19:54:31-07:00

Python recipe 580629 by Jorj X. McKie (mupdf, png, pymupdf, tiles). Revision 4.

Take an image file (like PNG) and create a new one consisting of arbitrary tiles of the original (or overlay an existing image with selective tiles of another).

Access PDF annotations (Python)

2016-12-13T11:06:14-08:00

Python recipe 580732 by Jorj X. McKie (annotation, fitz, mupdf, pdf).

Version 1.10.0 of PyMuPDF supports PDF annotations. Among other things they can be extracted as images and also updated to some extent.

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