from PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader output = PdfFileWriter() input1 = PdfFileReader(open("document1.pdf", "rb")) # print how many pages input1 has: print("document1.pdf has %d pages." % input1.getNumPages()) # print how many pages input1 has in python3: # print("This chart has {} pages.".format(input1.getNumPages())) # add page 1 from input1 to output document, unchanged: output.addPage(input1.getPage(0)) # add page 2 from input1, but rotated clockwise 90 degrees: output.addPage(input1.getPage(1).rotateClockwise(90)) # add page 3 from input1, rotated the other way: output.addPage(input1.getPage(2).rotateCounterClockwise(90)) # alt: output.addPage(input1.getPage(2).rotateClockwise(270)) # add page 4 from input1, but first add a watermark from another PDF: page4 = input1.getPage(3) watermark = PdfFileReader(open("watermark.pdf", "rb")) page4.mergePage(watermark.getPage(0)) output.addPage(page4) # add page 5 from input1, but crop it to half size: page5 = input1.getPage(4) page5.mediaBox.upperRight = ( page5.mediaBox.getUpperRight_x() / 2, page5.mediaBox.getUpperRight_y() / 2 ) output.addPage(page5) # add some Javascript to launch the print window on opening this PDF. # the password dialog may prevent the print dialog from being shown, # comment the the encription lines, if that's the case, to try this out: output.addJS("this.print({bUI:true,bSilent:false,bShrinkToFit:true});") # encrypt your new PDF and add a password: password = "secret" output.encrypt(password) # add a title to your new PDF's metadata: output.addMetadata({'/Title': 'PDF Metadata Title'}) # finally, write "output" to document-output.pdf with open("PyPDF2-output.pdf", "wb") as outputStream: output.write(outputStream)