pdfunlock/scripts/pdf_unlock.py

"""Remove security features from pdfs.

This script removes security features of pdfs inside a specified folder,
including restrictions on:

- copying text and images
- printing the document

usage: pdf_unlock.py [-h] [-r] [-o] folder

positional arguments:
  folder           name of input folder


optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -r, --recursive  search for files recursively
  -o, --overwrite  overwrite original files

Examples:

Search for pdfs inside 'pdf_folder', then create new unlocked versions
of the pdfs with the the suffix '-unlocked.pdf'.
> python pdf_unlock.py pdf_folder

Search for pdfs inside 'pdf_folder', then unlock the pdfs and overwrite
the original versions.
> python pdf_unlock.py pdf_folder -o

Search recursively for pdfs inside 'pdf_folder' and all subfolders,
then unlock the pdfs and overwrite the original versions.
> python pdf_unlock.py pdf_folder -o -r

"""

__author__ = "D. Howe"
__version__ = "0.1.0"
__email__ = "d.howe@wrl.unsw.edu.au"

import os
import sys
import glob
import argparse
import subprocess
import shutil


def pdf_unlock(pdf_file, overwrite=False):
    # Create suffix for unlocked pdfs
    suffix = '-unlocked'

    # Strip file extension
    input_name = os.path.splitext(pdf_file)[0]
    output_name = input_name + suffix

    # Skip file if it has already been processed
    if input_name.endswith(suffix):
        return

    # save as temporary file
    cmd_str = ('gs '
               '-dSAFER '
               '-dNOPAUSE '
               '-dQUIET '
               '-dBATCH '
               '-sPDFPassword= '
               '-sDEVICE=pdfwrite '
               '-sOutputFile="{}.pdf" '
               '"{}.pdf"').format(output_name, input_name)

    with subprocess.Popen(
            cmd_str, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, bufsize=1,
            universal_newlines=True) as p:
        for line in p.stdout:
            print(line, end='')

    # Overwrite original file
    if overwrite:
        shutil.move(output_name + '.pdf', input_name + '.pdf')


def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('folder', help='name of input folder', default=None)
    parser.add_argument(
        '-r',
        '--recursive',
        help='search for files recursively',
        action='store_true')
    parser.add_argument(
        '-o',
        '--overwrite',
        help='overwrite original files',
        action='store_true')
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # Get pdf files
    if args.recursive:
        glob_str = args.folder + '/**/*.pdf'
    else:
        glob_str = args.folder + '/*.pdf'

    pdf_files = glob.glob(glob_str, recursive=args.recursive)

    for pdf_file in pdf_files:
        pdf_unlock(pdf_file, overwrite=args.overwrite)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()