count pages in a pdf

[belred]

is it possible to parse a pdf file in python? for starters, i would
like to count the number of pages in a pdf file. i see there is a
project called ReportLab, but it seems to be a pdf generator... i
can't tell if i would be able to parse a pdf file programmically.

thanks for any recommendations.

bryan

 

[Tim Golden]

is it possible to parse a pdf file in python? for starters, i would
like to count the number of pages in a pdf file. i see there is a
project called ReportLab, but it seems to be a pdf generator... i
can't tell if i would be able to parse a pdf file programmically.

Well the simple expedient of putting "python count pages pdf" into
Google turned up the following link:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496837

and no few others. Might be worth a look?

TJG

 

[Andreas Lobinger]

http://groups.google.de/group/comp.lang.python/msg/6f304970b4ff40ce
and following.

Well the simple expedient of putting "python count pages pdf" into
Google turned up the following link:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496837

mmmmh. There is a non-vanishing possibility that this pattern-
matching can give you false positives -> not reliable.

Wishing a happy day,
LOBI

 

[Jon Ribbens]

is it possible to parse a pdf file in python? for starters, i would
like to count the number of pages in a pdf file. i see there is a
project called ReportLab, but it seems to be a pdf generator... i
can't tell if i would be able to parse a pdf file programmically.

http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/