PdfSnipper

A package to help manage PDF pages, images, and their conversions during different NLP, CV, or other tasks to avoid repetitive code blocks and provide a simple function call for operations.

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Installation

To install PdfSnipper, use:

pip install -i https://test.pypi.org/simple/ pdf-snip

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Dependencies

If you face an error involving poppler-utils

1. For Google Colab:

   !apt-get install -y poppler-utils
   

2. For Ubuntu/Debian:

   sudo apt install poppler-utils
   

3. For Windows:
   Download the latest release from here. After installation in /ProgramFiles, set the PATH environment variable:

   import os
   os.environ['PATH'] += os.pathsep + r'C:\path\to\poppler\bin'
   

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Features

1. Remove First N Pages

Removes the first N pages from all PDFs in a folder.

remove_first_pages(input_folder: str, output_folder: str, pages_to_remove: int)

Arguments

• input_folder: Path to the folder containing PDFs.
• output_folder: Path to save modified PDFs.
• pages_to_remove: Number of pages to remove from the start.

Usage

from PDFSNIPPER import remove_first_pages
remove_first_pages('/content/input', '/content/output', 2)

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2. Remove Last N Pages

Removes the last N pages from all PDFs in a folder.

remove_last_pages(input_folder: str, output_folder: str, pages_to_remove: int)

Arguments

• input_folder: Path to the folder containing PDFs.
• output_folder: Path to save modified PDFs.
• pages_to_remove: Number of pages to remove from the end.

Usage

from PDFSNIPPER import remove_last_pages
remove_last_pages('/content/input', '/content/output', 3)

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3. Remove Pages Outside a Specified Range

Keeps only the pages within a specified range [start_page, end_page] inclusive, removing all others.

remove_pages_outside_range(input_folder: str, output_folder: str, start_page: int, end_page: int)

Arguments

• input_folder: Path to the folder containing PDFs.
• output_folder: Path to save modified PDFs.
• start_page: First page to keep (0-indexed).
• end_page: Last page to keep (0-indexed).

Usage

from PDFSNIPPER import remove_pages_outside_range
remove_pages_outside_range('/content/input', '/content/output', 2, 5)

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4. Save Specific Pages

Saves only specific pages from PDFs into a new folder.

save_specific_pages(input_folder: str, output_folder: str, pages_to_save: list)

Arguments

• input_folder: Path to the folder containing PDFs.
• output_folder: Path to save modified PDFs.
• pages_to_save: List of page numbers (0-indexed) to keep.

Usage

from PDFSNIPPER import save_specific_pages
save_specific_pages('/content/input', '/content/output', [0, 2, 3])

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5. Save Pages as Images

Saves specific pages as PNG images in a new folder.

save_pages_as_images(input_folder: str, output_folder: str, pages_to_save: list)

Arguments

• input_folder: Path to the folder containing PDFs.
• output_folder: Path to save PNG images.
• pages_to_save: List of page numbers (0-indexed) to save as images.

Usage

from PDFSNIPPER import save_pages_as_images
save_pages_as_images('/content/input', '/content/output', [0, 2, 4])

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6. Split PDF

Splits each page of a PDF into individual PDF files.

split_pdf(input_folder: str, output_folder: str)

Arguments

• input_folder: Path to the folder containing PDFs.
• output_folder: Path to save split PDFs.

Usage

from PDFSNIPPER import split_pdf
split_pdf('/content/input', '/content/output')