Python

Extract contents of a PDF file with pikepdf in Python

Python tip:

You can use pikepdf to extract a subset pf pages from an original PDF and create a new file containing only the extracted pages.

For example,👇 save pages 2 and 3 from the original PDF

import pathlib

from pikepdf import Pdf

start = 2
stop = 3
filepath = pathlib.Path("file.pdf")

pdf = Pdf.open(filepath)
new_pdf = Pdf.new()

new_pdf.pages.extend(pdf.pages[start - 1 : stop])

new_pdf.save("new.pdf", compress_streams=False)