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PDF Processing
Extract, transform, merge, split, and generate PDFs with structured outputs.
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Quality 88Trust 82Discovery 57A well-documented, developer-ready PDF processing toolkit with thorough examples, tests, and scripts; trustworthy overall though not particularly novel and governed by a proprietary license.
This PDF Processing skill provides comprehensive, practical guidance and ready-to-run scripts for extraction, merging, splitting, form handling, and rendering. Documentation and code samples are detailed and production-oriented, making it highly useful for developers, though the offering follows established approaches rather than introducing new techniques and is distributed under a proprietary license.
Strengths
- Comprehensive, hands-on documentation and examples (quick start, advanced reference).
- Includes multiple ready-to-run scripts and tests for common PDF tasks (form checks, extraction, rendering).
Considerations
- License is proprietary and references Anthropic terms—users should verify usage rights for their context.
- Functionality is practical and robust but generally uses existing libraries and approaches rather than novel methods.
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PDF Processing Guide
Overview
This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see reference.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read forms.md and follow its instructions.
Quick Start
Python Libraries
pypdf - Basic Operations
Merge PDFs
Split PDF
Extract Metadata
Rotate Pages
pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction
Extract Text with Layout
Extract Tables
Advanced Table Extraction
reportlab - Create PDFs
Basic PDF Creation
Create PDF with Multiple Pages
Command-Line Tools
pdftotext (poppler-utils)
qpdf
pdftk (if available)
Common Tasks
Extract Text from Scanned PDFs
Add Watermark
Extract Images
Password Protection
Quick Reference
| Task | Best Tool | Command/Code |
|---|---|---|
| Merge PDFs | pypdf | writer.add_page(page) |
| Split PDFs | pypdf | One page per file |
| Extract text | pdfplumber | page.extract_text() |
| Extract tables | pdfplumber | page.extract_tables() |
| Create PDFs | reportlab | Canvas or Platypus |
| Command line merge | qpdf | qpdf --empty --pages ... |
| OCR scanned PDFs | pytesseract | Convert to image first |
| Fill PDF forms | pdf-lib or pypdf (see forms.md) | See forms.md |
Next Steps
- For advanced pypdfium2 usage, see reference.md
- For JavaScript libraries (pdf-lib), see reference.md
- If you need to fill out a PDF form, follow the instructions in forms.md
- For troubleshooting guides, see reference.md