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Extract PDF - Python script to extract pages of PDF into separate files
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import os | |
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter | |
orig = input("enter path to file:\n") | |
pages_at_a_time = int(input('how many pages per file?\n')) | |
path, filename = os.path.split(orig) | |
path += '\\split' | |
filename = filename[:-4] | |
if not os.path.exists(path): | |
os.makedirs(path) | |
pdf_reader = PdfFileReader(orig, "rb") | |
num_pages = pdf_reader.getNumPages() | |
i = 0 | |
pdf_writer = PdfFileWriter() | |
for page in range(num_pages): | |
pdf_writer.addPage(pdf_reader.getPage(page)) | |
i += 1 | |
if i % pages_at_a_time == 0 or i == num_pages - 1: | |
with open(f'{path}\\{filename}_{page}.pdf', 'wb') as out: | |
pdf_writer.write(out) | |
pdf_writer = PdfFileWriter() | |
print('Done') |
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