Metadata
Reading metadata
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader
reader = PdfFileReader("example.pdf")
info = reader.getDocumentInfo()
print(reader.numPages)
# All of the following could be None!
print(info.author)
print(info.creator)
print(info.producer)
print(info.subject)
print(info.title)
Writing metadata
from PyPDF2 import PdfFileReader, PdfFileWriter
reader = PdfFileReader("example.pdf")
writer = PdfFileWriter()
# Add all pages to the writer
for i in range(reader.numPages):
page = reader.pages[i]
writer.addPage(page)
# Add the metadata
writer.addMetadata(
{
"/Author": "Martin",
"/Producer": "Libre Writer",
}
)
# Save the new PDF to a file
with open("meta-pdf.pdf", "wb") as f:
writer.write(f)