pylovepdf 1.3.2

ilovepdf.com python API library

What it does

This library allow to manipulate pdf using the API of http://www.ilovepdf.com. See the Tools section to know what you can do.

Prerequisites

• [developer account] (https://developer.ilovepdf.com) to get a public key to use the API.
• [Python 3.x.x]
• [Requests] (http://it.python-requests.org/it/latest/)

Installation

pip install pylovepdf

Manual installation

Download the latest release.

python setup.py install

Getting started

Example files are located inside samples/. Change file paths and the public_key parameter with the one you found in your developer account (See prerequisites). Run the files and enjoy.

Tools

Currently the following tools are available:

• compress (Reduce the size of pdf files)
• imagepdf (Converts an image to pdf)
• merge (Merge multiple pdf into single file)
• officepdf (Office document to pdf conversion)
• pagenumber (Place numbers on pages)
• pdfa (Converts into PDF/A)
• pdfjpg (Converts a pdf into jpeg image)
• protect (Add password to a pdf)
• rotate (Rotates the pages of a file)
• split (Split a pdf)
• unlock (Remove the password security from the pdf, the coolest feature ever!)
• validatepdfa (Checks the conformity of PDF/A format)
• watermark (Adds watermark to the file)

Example Usage (compress tool)

from pylovepdf.ilovepdf import ILovePdf

ilovepdf = ILovePdf('public_key', verify_ssl=True)
task = ilovepdf.new_task('compress')
task.add_file('pdf_file')
task.set_output_folder('output_directory')
task.execute()
task.download()
task.delete_current_task()

Alternative Example Usage (compress tool)

A tool can be created directly:

from pylovepdf.tools.compress import Compress

t = Compress('public_key', verify_ssl=True)
t.add_file('pdf_file')
t.set_output_folder('output_directory')
t.execute()
t.download()
t.delete_current_task()

Documentation

Please see https://developer.ilovepdf.com/docs for up-to-date documentation.

Built With

• pyCharm - python IDE

Versioning

I use SemVer for versioning.

Authors

• Andrea Bruschi - Initial work - AndyBTuttofare

Acknowledgments

• mumble mumble..