tools to manipulate PDF document?

[wcc]

Hello group,

I wonder what tools/modules are avaible to manipulate PDF ducument,
i.e., merge, split, rotate page, crop, etc.. I checked the PyPI page
and seems the only one may fit the need is pyPdf. But it is in its
early stage and currently only supports two functions: merge & split.
I suppose working with PDF document is a common task. Just wanted to
know if there are other alternatives. Thank you very much!

- wcc

[tooper]

Try reportlab PDF library (www.reportlab.org). Many things for graphs
but also basic handling. Works fast & reliably for my requirements.

[wcc]

Thanks a lot tooper. I will check it out. - wcc

[Raja Raman Sundararajan]

Yes, reportlad is a good tool for creating pdf and images

[Justin Ezequiel]

have you seen http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

[wcc]

Thanks Justin. Yes, I had tried pdftk before (could be the current
version though, since it has not been upgraded for a while). But
somehow it was quite slow when I tried merging, or spliting PDF
documents when compared with Adobe Acrobat, especially if the number of
PDF to be processed is large. I wonder if anyone had similar
experience.

Justin Ezequiel wrote:

have you seen http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/