pdf

version	4.1.0-fractal
name	pdf
description	Comprehensive PDF manipulation toolkit for extracting text and tables, creating new PDFs, merging/splitting documents, and handling forms. When Claude needs to fill in a PDF form or programmatically process, generate, or analyze PDF documents at scale.
license	Proprietary. LICENSE.txt has complete terms

PDF Processing Guide

Overview

This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see reference.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read forms.md and follow its instructions.

Quick Start

from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter

# Read a PDF
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")

# Extract text
text = ""
for page in reader.pages:
    text += page.extract_text()

Python Libraries

🧠 Knowledge Modules (Fractal Skills)

1. pypdf - Basic Operations

2. pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction

3. reportlab - Create PDFs

4. pdftotext (poppler-utils)

5. qpdf

6. pdftk (if available)

7. Extract Text from Scanned PDFs

8. Add Watermark

9. Extract Images

10. Password Protection