Split an pdf into N parts

split-pdf.py

import os
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader, PdfWriter

def split_pdf(input_file, output_folder, num_files):
    os.makedirs(output_folder, exist_ok=True)
    with open(input_file, 'rb') as file:
        pdf = PdfReader(file)
        total_pages = len(pdf.pages)
        pages_per_file = total_pages // num_files
        for i in range(num_files):
            output_file = os.path.join(output_folder, f'output_{i+1}.pdf')
            start_page = i * pages_per_file
            end_page = start_page + pages_per_file if i < num_files - 1 else total_pages
            writer = PdfWriter()
            for page in range(start_page, end_page):
                writer.add_page(pdf.pages[page])
            with open(output_file, 'wb') as output:
                writer.write(output)
            print(f'Successfully created {output_file}')
input_file = 'path/to/your/input.pdf'
output_folder = 'path/to/output/folder'
num_files = 7
split_pdf(input_file, output_folder, num_files)