How to copy Pages from one PDF document to another in Python

Today we are going to set up a system for transferring pages from one PDF document into a different one. To do this, we will be taking what is a relatively straightforward task and making it even easier. Through use of an API, this is going to take mere minutes, you’ll see.

Our first step is to use pip install for the setup of our API client using this command:

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Next comes our function call, using this code here:

from __future__ import print_function
import time
import cloudmersive_convert_api_client
from cloudmersive_convert_api_client.rest import ApiException
from pprint import pprint
# Configure API key authorization: Apikey
configuration = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.Configuration()
configuration.api_key['Apikey'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
# Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
# configuration.api_key_prefix['Apikey'] = 'Bearer'
# create an instance of the API class
api_instance = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.EditPdfApi(cloudmersive_convert_api_client.ApiClient(configuration))
source_file = '/path/to/file' # file | Source PDF file to copy pages from.
destination_file = '/path/to/file' # file | Destination PDF file to copy pages into.
page_start_source = 56 # int | Page number (1 based) to start copying pages from (inclusive) in the Source file.
page_end_source = 56 # int | Page number (1 based) to stop copying pages pages from (inclusive) in the Source file.
page_insert_before_desitnation = 56 # int | Page number (1 based) to insert the pages before in the Destination file.
try:
# Insert, copy pages from one PDF document into another
api_response = api_instance.edit_pdf_insert_pages(source_file, destination_file, page_start_source, page_end_source, page_insert_before_desitnation)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling EditPdfApi->edit_pdf_insert_pages: %s\n" % e)

And there you have it, we’re basically done already. We can specify the range of pages to be copied as well as the destination in the second file. So easy, right? This is just a small taste of what Cloudmersive APIs can do to speed up your workflow.