pdf-compressor 0.1.7

CLI + Python API for batch compressing PDFs with iLovePDF.com

The code in ilovepdf.py was inspired by Andrea Bruschi's pylovepdf.

Command line PDF compression powered by the free iLovePDF API.

Installation

pip install pdf-compressor

Usage

First, tell pdf-compressor your iLovePDF API key (if you haven't yet, get one by signing up at https://developer.ilovepdf.com/signup):

pdf-compressor --set-api-key project_public_7c854a9db0...

Then start compressing!

pdf-compressor **/*.pdf

Options

Flags	Default	Description
-i/--inplace	False	Whether to compress PDFs in place.
-s/--suffix	'-compressed'	String to append to the filename of compressed PDFs. Mutually exclusive with --inplace.
--cl/--compression-level	'recommended'	How hard to squeeze the file size. One of 'low', 'recommended', 'extreme'. 'extreme' noticeably degrades quality of embedded bitmap images.
--set-api-key		Set the public key needed to authenticate with the iLovePDF API. You only need to do this once to start using.
--report-quota		Report the number of remaining file operations in the current billing cycle for the stored iLovePDF API key.
--debug	False	When true, iLovePDF won't process the request but only reports the parameters that would have been sent to the server.
--verbose	False	When true, progress will be reported while tasks are running.
-v/--version		Get the version number of pdf-compressor.