pdf_combine.txt

2 ways to combine 2 pdf files together


A. (Linux only):
$ sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
$ pdfunite file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf outputfile.pdf


B. Use PyPdf2:
$ sudo pip install pypdf2  # --proxy=http://192.168.60.8:808
Then create a script based on your requirement. Below are snippet of code for
reference:
# ---------------------------------------
#!/usr/bin/python

# Note: this only combine both of the 1st pages

import sys
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader

output = PdfFileWriter()
input1 = PdfFileReader(open(sys.argv[1], "rb"))
input2 = PdfFileReader(open(sys.argv[2], "rb"))
# output.addPage(input1.getPage(2).rotateCounterClockwise(90))
output.addPage(input1.getPage(0).rotateClockwise(90))
output.addPage(input2.getPage(0))

outputStream = file("output.pdf", "wb")
output.write(outputStream)
outputStream.close()
# ---------------------------------------

# ---------------------------------------
#!/usr/bin/python

# Note: this fully combine 2 files

import PyPDF2

path = open('path/to/hello.pdf', 'rb')
path2 = open('path/to/another.pdf', 'rb')

merger = PyPDF2.PdfFileMerger()
merger.append(fileobj=path2)
merger.append(fileobj=path)
merger.write(open("test_out2.pdf", 'wb'))
# ---------------------------------------

# ---------------------------------------
#!/usr/bin/python

# Note: this can choose parts of either files

import PyPDF2

path = open('path/to/hello.pdf', 'rb')
path2 = open('path/to/another.pdf', 'rb')

merger = PyPDF2.PdfFileMerger()

merger.merge(position=0, fileobj=path2)
merger.merge(position=2, fileobj=path)
merger.write(open("test_out.pdf", 'wb'))
# ---------------------------------------

URLs:
https://github.com/mstamy2/PyPDF2
https://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2012/07/11/pypdf2-the-new-fork-of-pypdf/
https://pythonhosted.org/PyPDF2/Easy%20Concatenation%20Script.html