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Automate PDF population with pdfpop.

Installation

You can install pdfpop with:

pip install pdfpop

Usage

The pdfpop usage consists of two steps: (1) form configuration and (2) execution.

Step 1. Form Configuration

ℹ️ This step only needs to be run once for each unique form.

This step generates a form-specific configuration file that allows you to inform pdfpop how data should be routed from the data file to the PDF form. You can generate this file with the config command:

# Usage: pdfpop config <form>
pdfpop config examples/example-form.pdf

This will output a pdfpop- prefixed JSON file in your current working directory (e.g., pdfpop-example-form.json). By default, all fields will be assigned a value of null and, therefore, will be ignored until the null value is replaced with instructions on how to populate the field. An example of an edited configuration file is available here.

Step 2. Exectuion

Once you have a form configuration file you can populate your PDF form using the run command:

# Usage: pdfpop run <config> <data>
pdfpop run examples/example-form.json examples/example-data.xlsx

This will generate a populated PDF form at the location prescribed by the values of<output_dir>/<output_name> in the configuration file (e.g., examples/pdfpop-example-form.pdf).

License

Copyright (C) 2022 Ian Dinwoodie

• Licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0.
• Exceptions:
  • Material covered by Third Party Licenses.
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