Extract specific pages from a PDF using rules (specific text on page)

pankajk

Hi friends,

I have run into an issue and hope someone can help.

Use case:  Identify the pages from a pdf based on if certain text appears on a page. Example, if I have 15 page PDF and need to identify if 'Client Account' text appears on 'x' pages then extract those pages and create a new pdf. These 'extracted' pages could be different for each pdf.

What's I could accomplish:   I use 'pdftools' (R lib) to do PDF parsing and then find out pages where those words exists without any issue. 

Problem:  Next step of 'extracting' those pages and creating a new file

Kind of resolution:  PyPDF2 offers this solution, and there is a code I can use:

https://learndataanalysis.org/how-to-extract-pdf-pages-and-save-as-a-separate-pdf-file-using-python/

This code works perfectly if I have a 'static' filename and pages numbers (input file, output file and page numbers).

The problem is when I try to make this a macro, I can't figure out how to update the 'static' fields with variables to use the filename and page numbers I pass as variables in the macro.

I have attached the macro I am trying to build. New to python as well and this is my first time every using python code.

Any help is appreciated. If I am not clear, please do ask questions.

Macro_Python_Extract_v03.yxmc

ImadZidan

Hello @pankajk ,

Two things to change

1- in the text input file change to include double back slash example X:\\Pankaj\\Project\\Sample_PDF\\Sample 1.PDF

2- change code:

From

This gives you type object

filename = data["Field1"]
newfilepath = data["Field2"]
pagesextract = data["Field3"]

To

This gives you type string which is why you were having difficulty getting to the file.

filename = data["Field1"][0]
newfilepath = data["Field2"][0]
pagesextract = data["Field3"][0]

the rest of the logic seems ok. lets see.