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Extract Annotations from a PDF File.
#!/usr/bin/env python
import poppler
import sys
import urllib
import os
def main():
input_filename = sys.argv[1]
# http://blog.hartwork.org/?p=612
document = poppler.document_new_from_file('file://%s' % \
urllib.pathname2url(os.path.abspath(input_filename)), None)
n_pages = document.get_n_pages()
all_annots = 0
for i in range(n_pages):
page = document.get_page(i)
annot_mappings = page.get_annot_mapping ()
num_annots = len(annot_mappings)
if num_annots > 0:
for annot_mapping in annot_mappings:
if annot_mapping.annot.get_annot_type().value_name != 'POPPLER_ANNOT_LINK':
all_annots += 1
#print 'page: {0:3}, {1:10}, type: {2:10}, content: {3}'.format(i+1, annot_mapping.annot.get_modified(), annot_mapping.annot.get_annot_type().value_nick, annot_mapping.annot.get_contents())
print 'page: {0:3}: {3}'.format(i+1, annot_mapping.annot.get_modified(), annot_mapping.annot.get_annot_type().value_nick, annot_mapping.annot.get_contents())
if all_annots > 0:
print str(all_annots) + " annotation(s) found"
else:
print "no annotations found"
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
#!/usr/bin/env python
#^jist /home/coda/.bin/extractpdfs -u 8666561
import poppler
import sys
import urllib
import os
def main():
input_filename = sys.argv[1]
# http://blog.hartwork.org/?p=612
document = poppler.document_new_from_file('file://%s' % \
urllib.pathname2url(os.path.abspath(input_filename)), None)
n_pages = document.get_n_pages()
all_annots = 0
for i in range(n_pages):
page = document.get_page(i)
annot_mappings = page.get_annot_mapping ()
num_annots = len(annot_mappings)
if num_annots > 0:
for annot_mapping in annot_mappings:
if annot_mapping.annot.get_annot_type().value_name != 'POPPLER_ANNOT_LINK':
all_annots += 1
#print 'page: {0:3}, {1:10}, type: {2:10}, content: {3}'.format(i+1, annot_mapping.annot.get_modified(), annot_mapping.annot.get_annot_type().value_nick, annot_mapping.annot.get_contents())
print 'page: {0:3}: {3}'.format(i+1, annot_mapping.annot.get_modified(), annot_mapping.annot.get_annot_type().value_nick, annot_mapping.annot.get_contents())
if all_annots > 0:
print str(all_annots) + " annotation(s) found"
else:
print "no annotations found"
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
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