pdfworkshop 1.0.0

PDF compressor utility, using iLovePDF API

pdfworkshop

PDF compress tool, using iLovePDF API

Prerequisites

The application is compatible with Windows and Linux based systems. Python version 3.4 or above is assumed to be installed, as well as pip package manager utility and setuptools module.

Installation

pip install pdfworkshop

or

python setup.py install

How to run

pdfworkshop -h

Configuration

The public_key value must be defined before using the tool for the first time. The required public key can be obtained by creating a developer account in iLovePDF. The value can be configured using:

pdfworkshop config public_key new_public_key_value

The input/ouput directories can also be configured. Their default values are set to a directory called 'input' and 'output' according to the current path from where the tool was called.

Commands

• list-config - list tool configuration values
• config <option> <value> - edit tool configuration values
• run - compress all PDF files stored in input_dir, storing the result in output_dir

Example run

To exercise some of the available commands, one can try to:

• List the current configuration

pdfworkshop list-config

• Define the API public_key value

pdfworkshop config public_key <new_public_key>

• Run PDF compress tool

pdfworkshop run

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.