def exec_pdfmerge(files, pages, outfile, merge=False, silent=False):
"""
Purpose:
Executes pdfmerge (2.7x compatiable) command to grab necessary pages
and merge them if desired
Require installing pdfmerge:
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdfmerge/0.0.7
> pip install pdfmerge
:param files: list
List of files (must include full path)
:param pages: list
List of strings indicating pages to extract.
E.g.: ['4,6,15,20','3,8,44,50']
:param outfile: list or str
Either List of files to write or a single file if merge == True
:param merge: bool
Indicate whether to merge into a single file, [outfile]
:param silent: bool
Indicate whether to silence messages
Notes
-----
Created by Chun Ly, 22 January 2018
"""
if py_vers != 2:
version_full = sys.version.split(' ')[0]
log.warning("exec_pdfmerge: Incompatible with python %s" % version_full)
raise SystemError("Incompatible with python %s" % version_full)
if not merge:
if len(outfile) != len(files):
log.warn('### outfile input not complete. Missing files!')
if not silent:
log.info('### Begin exec_pdfmerge : ' + systime())
n_files = len(files)
writer0 = None
for nn in range(n_files):
writer0 = pdfmerge.add(files[nn], rules=pages[nn], writer=writer0)
if not merge:
with open(outfile[nn], 'wb') as stream:
writer0.write(stream)
writer0 = None
if merge:
with open(outfile, 'wb') as stream:
writer0.write(stream)
if not silent:
log.info('### End exec_pdfmerge : ' + systime())
def test_rule(self):
"""Merge part of a PDF."""
writer = pdfmerge.add(TEST_PDF_2 + '[2]')
self.assertTrue(writer is not None)
self.assertTrue(1, writer.getNumPages())
def test_merge_dir(self):
"""Merge all PDFs in a directory."""
writer = pdfmerge.add(TEST_PDF_DIR, password='******')
self.assertTrue(writer is not None)
self.assertTrue(4, writer.getNumPages())
def test_pass_single(self):
"""A non-merge."""
writer = pdfmerge.add(TEST_PDF_1)
self.assertTrue(writer is not None)
self.assertTrue(1, writer.getNumPages())