How to fill PDF Form Field Values in Python

Here is a super useful API function, one that will allow you to populate PDF forms with data. It functions best when paired with its sister function, edit_pdf_get_form_fields, which provides the form fields in an input form.

We can start out by using pip install to import our client data.

pip install cloudmersive-convert-api-client

Next call edit_pdf_set_form_fields.

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))
field_values = cloudmersive_convert_api_client.SetPdfFormFieldsRequest() # SetPdfFormFieldsRequest |
try:
# Sets ands fills PDF Form field values
api_response = api_instance.edit_pdf_set_form_fields(field_values)
pprint(api_response)
except ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling EditPdfApi->edit_pdf_set_form_fields: %s\n" % e)

And that’s it, folks! Pat yourself on the back, because it’s all over. Know that our APIs offer a ton of other great functions just like this, so check them out!