with flatten, everything is turned into text.
"""
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
import os
-import netsvc,logging
+import tempfile
HEAD="""%FDF-1.2
%%EOF
"""
-def output_field( f ):
+def output_field(f):
return "\xfe\xff" + "".join( [ "\x00"+c for c in f ] )
def extract_keys(lines):
def extract_keys_from_pdf(filename):
# what about using 'pdftk filename dump_data_fields' and parsing the output ?
- os.system('pdftk %s generate_fdf output /tmp/toto.fdf' % filename)
- lines = file('/tmp/toto.fdf').readlines()
+ tmp_file = tempfile.mkstemp(".fdf")[1]
+ try:
+ os.system('pdftk %s generate_fdf output \"%s\"' % (filename, tmp_file))
+ with open(tmp_file, "r") as ofile:
+ lines = ofile.readlines()
+ finally:
+ try:
+ os.remove(tmp_file)
+ except Exception:
+ pass # nothing to do
return extract_keys(lines)
def fill_pdf(infile, outfile, fields):
- write_fields(file('/tmp/toto.fdf', 'w'), fields)
- os.system('pdftk %s fill_form /tmp/toto.fdf output %s flatten' % (infile, outfile))
+ tmp_file = tempfile.mkstemp(".fdf")[1]
+ try:
+ with open(tmp_file, "w") as ofile:
+ write_fields(ofile, fields)
+ os.system('pdftk %s fill_form \"%s\" output %s flatten' % (infile, tmp_file, outfile))
+ finally:
+ try:
+ os.remove(tmp_file)
+ except Exception:
+ pass # nothing to do
def testfill_pdf(infile, outfile):
keys = extract_keys_from_pdf(infile)