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Adding flatten only feature without filling forms #50

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27 changes: 27 additions & 0 deletions pypdftk.py
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Expand Up @@ -113,6 +113,33 @@ def fill_form(pdf_path, datas={}, out_file=None, flatten=True, drop_xfa=False):
os.remove(tmp_fdf)
return out_file

def flatten_only(pdf_path, out_file=None, flatten=True, drop_xfa=True):
'''
Flattens a PDF.
Return temp file if no out_file provided.
'''
cleanOnFail = False
handle = None
if not out_file:
cleanOnFail = True
handle, out_file = tempfile.mkstemp()

cmd = "%s %s output %s" % (PDFTK_PATH, pdf_path, out_file)
if flatten:
cmd += ' flatten'
if drop_xfa:
cmd += ' drop_xfa'
try:
run_command(cmd, True)
except:
if cleanOnFail:
os.remove(out_file)
raise
finally:
if handle:
os.close(handle)
return out_file

def dump_data_fields(pdf_path, add_id=False):
'''
Return list of dicts of all fields in a PDF.
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