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Published: Jan 26, 2024 License: Apache-2.0

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pdfcpu: a Go PDF processor

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pdfcpu is a PDF processing library written in Go supporting encryption. It provides both an API and a CLI. Supported are all versions up to PDF 1.7 (ISO-32000).

Support for PDF 2.0 is basic and ongoing work.

Motivation

This is an effort to build a comprehensive PDF processing library from the ground up written in Go. Over time pdfcpu aims to support the standard range of PDF processing features and also any interesting use cases that may present themselves along the way.

         

         

 

Focus

The main focus lies on strong support for batch processing and scripting via a rich command line. At the same time pdfcpu wants to make it easy to integrate PDF processing into your Go based backend system by providing a robust command set.

Command Set

Documentation

  • The main entry point is pdfcpu.io.
  • For CLI examples also go to pdfcpu.io. There you will find explanations of all the commands and their parameters.
  • For API examples of all pdfcpu operations please refer to GoDoc.
GoDoc

Reminder

  • Always make sure your work is based on the latest commit!
  • pdfcpu is still Alpha - bugfixes are committed on the fly and will be mentioned in the next release notes.
  • Follow pdfcpu for news and release announcements.
  • For quick questions or discussions get in touch on the Gopher Slack in the #pdfcpu channel.

Demo Screencast

(using older version with a smaller command set)

asciicast

Installation

Download

Get the latest binary here.

Using Go Modules
$ git clone https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu
$ cd pdfcpu/cmd/pdfcpu
$ go install
$ pdfcpu version

or directly through Go install:

$ go install github.com/novacloud-ai/pdfcpu/cmd/pdfcpu@latest
Using Homebrew (macOS)
$ brew install pdfcpu
$ pdfcpu version
Using DNF/YUM (Fedora)
$ sudo dnf install golang-github-pdfcpu
$ pdfcpu version
Run in a Docker container
$ docker build -t pdfcpu .
# mount current folder into container to process local files
$ docker run -it --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)",target=/app pdfcpu ./pdfcpu validate /app/pdfs/a.pdf

Contributing

What
  • Please create an issue if you find a bug or want to propose a change.
  • Feature requests - always welcome!
  • Bug fixes - always welcome!
  • PRs - let's discuss first or create an issue.
  • pdfcpu is stable but still Alpha and occasionally undergoing heavy changes.
How
  • The pdfcpu discussion board is open! Please engage in any form helpful for the community.
  • If you want to report a bug please attach the very verbose (pdfcpu cmd -vv ...) output and ideally a test PDF that you can share.
  • Always make sure your contribution is based on the latest commit.
  • Please sign your commits.
Reporting Crashes

Unfortunately crashes do happen :( For the majority of the cases this is due to a diverse pool of PDF Writers out there and millions of PDF files using different versions waiting to be processed by pdfcpu. Sometimes these PDFs were written more than 20(!) years ago. Often there is an issue with validation - sometimes a bug in the parser. Many times even using relaxed validation with pdfcpu does not work. In these cases we need to extend relaxed validation and for this we are relying on your help. By reporting crashes you are helping to improve the stability of pdfcpu. If you happen to crash on any pdfcpu operation be it on the command line or in your Go backend these are the steps to report this:

Regardless of the pdfcpu operation, please start using the pdfcpu command line to validate your file:

$ pdfcpu validate -v &> crash.log

or to produce very verbose output

$ pdfcpu validate -vv &> crash.log

will produce what's needed to investigate a crash. Then open an issue and post crash.log or its contents. Ideally post a test PDF you can share to reproduce this. You can also email to hhrutter@gmail.com or if you prefer Slack you can get in touch on the Gopher slack #pdfcpu channel.

If processing your PDF with pdfcpu crashes during validation and can be opened by Adobe Reader and Mac Preview chances are we can extend relaxed validation and provide a fix. If the file in question cannot be opened by both Adobe Reader and Mac Preview we cannot help you!

Contributors

Thanks 💚 goes to these wonderful people:


Horst Rutter

haldyr

Vyacheslav

Erik Unger

Richard Wilkes

minenok-tutu

Mateusz Burniak

Dmitry Harnitski

ryarnyah

Sam Giffney

Carlos Eduardo Witte

minusworld

Witold Konior

joonas.fi

Henrik Reinstädtler

VMorozov-wh

Benoit KUGLER

Adam Greenhall

moritamori

JanBaryla

TheDiscordian

Rafael Garcia Argente

truyet

Christian Nicola

Benjamin Krill

Peter Wyatt

Kroum Tzanev

Stefan Huber

Juan Iscar

Eng Zer Jun

Dmitry Ivanov

Rene Kaufmann

Christian Heusel

Chris

Lukasz Czaplinski

Joel Silva Schutz

semvis123

guangwu

Yoshiki Nakagawa

Steve van Loben Sels

Yaofu

vsenko

Code of Conduct

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

Disclaimer

Usage of pdfcpu assumes you know about and respect all copyrights of any PDF content you may be processing. This applies to the PDF files as such, their content and in particular all embedded resources like font files or images. Credit goes to Renee French for creating our beloved Gopher.

License

Apache-2.0

Directories

Path Synopsis
cmd
pdfcpu
Package main provides the command line for interacting with pdfcpu.
Package main provides the command line for interacting with pdfcpu.
internal
corefont/metrics
Package metrics provides font metrics for the PDF standard fonts.
Package metrics provides font metrics for the PDF standard fonts.
pkg
api
Package api lets you integrate pdfcpu's operations into your Go backend.
Package api lets you integrate pdfcpu's operations into your Go backend.
cli
Package cli provides pdfcpu command line processing.
Package cli provides pdfcpu command line processing.
filter
Package filter contains PDF filter implementations.
Package filter contains PDF filter implementations.
font
Package font provides support for TrueType fonts.
Package font provides support for TrueType fonts.
log
Package log provides a logging abstraction.
Package log provides a logging abstraction.
pdfcpu
Package pdfcpu is a PDF processing library written in Go supporting encryption.
Package pdfcpu is a PDF processing library written in Go supporting encryption.
pdfcpu/validate
Package validate implements validation against PDF 32000-1:2008.
Package validate implements validation against PDF 32000-1:2008.

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