Reduce PDF Size
There are multiple ways to reduce the size of a given PDF file. The easiest one is to remove content (e.g. images) or pages.
Remove images
import PyPDF2
reader = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader("example.pdf")
writer = PyPDF2.PdfFileWriter()
for page in reader.pages:
writer.addPage(page)
writer.removeImages()
with open("out.pdf", "wb") as f:
writer.write(f)
Compression
import PyPDF2
reader = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader("example.pdf")
writer = PyPDF2.PdfFileWriter()
for page in reader.pages:
page.compressContentStreams()
writer.addPage(page)
with open("out.pdf", "wb") as f:
writer.write(f)