PDF page count

Is anyone aware or come accross a workflow that can count the number of pages in a PDF? is it possible? I am trying to develop a workflow app so that my group can QC production data that contains thousands of pdfs but would also would like to know page counts for reporting purposes.

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JohnJPS

I pointed this at a directory with 180 PDFs in it, and it promptly choked since pdfinfo.exe only returns various things it finds, and the "rbind" I was using isn't flexible enough for that. The attached workflow ran successfull and counted all 22,000+ pages in the 180 PDFs. It also uses simplifies the R component and does more with Alteryx tools after running R.

pdfinfo.yxmd

JohnJPS

I can confirm that invoking pdfinfo.exe from a shared network location caused no issues for me. I turned it into an anlytic app (attached) that runs pdfinfo.exe from a network location and allows you to choose your directory and include/exclude subdirectories. It puts the PDF and page counts into a message.

Caveats:

People will need access to the location you place pdfinfo.exe; (and you'll need to update the Formula Tool with that location).
Progress indicator is pretty useless: it spends a lot of time chugging through the PDFs and not much progres is displayed despite trying to from R.
A user running the app will need to "Show Output Log" and scroll down in order to see the message about PDF and Page counts.

Otherwise, it's certainly easy to execute.

pdfinfo.yxwz

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JohnJPS

I don't see how to do it with built-in tools, however the answer to basically the same question at StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14644353/get-the-number-of-pages-in-a-pdf-document), could be integrated into an Alteryx workflow: install the same pdfinfo.exe program (from http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html), and call it using the "Run Command" tool; then use Alteryx tools to parse the output from pdfinfo.exe. Hope that helps!

pvara

Thank you for your post. So when creating an APP and I call out to the .EXE does the user have to install that .EXE locally? I have will have serveral users running this app.

Thank you,

Pete

@JohnJPS wrote:
I don't see how to do it with built-in tools, however the answer to basically the same question at StackOverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14644353/get-the-number-of-pages-in-a-pdf-document), could be integrated into an Alteryx workflow: install the same pdfinfo.exe program (from http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/download.html), and call it using the "Run Command" tool; then use Alteryx tools to parse the output from pdfinfo.exe. Hope that helps!

elianacroo

I found this handy tool that instantly counts the pages in a PDF. It's quick, no setup required, and super easy to use! https://pdfwordcounter.io/pdf-page-counter/

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