from PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader import os TESTS_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)) PROJECT_ROOT = os.path.dirname(TESTS_ROOT) RESOURCE_ROOT = os.path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, "Resources") def test_basic_features(): output = PdfFileWriter() document1 = os.path.join(RESOURCE_ROOT, "crazyones.pdf") input1 = PdfFileReader(open(document1, "rb")) # print how many pages input1 has: print("document1.pdf has %d pages." % 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(0).rotateClockwise(90)) # add page 3 from input1, rotated the other way: output.addPage(input1.getPage(0).rotateCounterClockwise(90)) # alt: output.addPage(input1.getPage(0).rotateClockwise(270)) # add page 4 from input1, but first add a watermark from another PDF: page4 = input1.getPage(0) watermark_pdf = document1 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(0) 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) # finally, write "output" to document-output.pdf with open("PyPDF2-output.pdf", "wb") as outputStream: output.write(outputStream)