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"""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 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()