Convert PDF to Image using Python

Many tools are available on the internet for converting a PDF to an image. In this article, we are going to write code for converting pdf to image and make a handy application in python. Before writing the code we need to install the required module pdf2image and poppler.

Modules Needed

• pdf2image 1.14.0: This module converts a PDF to a PIL object. To install this module type the below command in the terminal.

pip install pdf2image

• poppler: This module allows to read, render, or modify PDF documents, use the below instruction to insatll it.
• For Windows : click here to download.

•  You will then have to add the bin/ folder to PATH or use
•  poppler_path = r"C:\path\to\poppler-xx\bin" as an argument in convert_from_path.

• For Linux: use the below command.

• sudo apt-get install poppler-utils
• After that run the code.

Approach:

• Import the pdf2image module
• Store a PDF with convert_from_path()
• Save image with save()

Below is the Implementation.

PDF File used:

# import module
from pdf2image import convert_from_path


# Store Pdf with convert_from_path function
images = convert_from_path('example.pdf')

for i in range(len(images)):
  
      # Save pages as images in the pdf
    images[i].save('page'+ str(i) +'.jpg', 'JPEG')

Output:

Let's write code for Application Using Tkinter: This Script implements the above Implementation into a GUI.

Below is the Implementation.

from pdf2image import convert_from_path
from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox


def pdf2img():
    try:
        images = convert_from_path(str(e1.get()))
        for img in images:
            img.save('new_folder\output.jpg', 'JPEG')

    except  :
        Result = "NO pdf found"
        messagebox.showinfo("Result", Result)

    else:
        Result = "success"
        messagebox.showinfo("Result", Result)



master = Tk()
Label(master, text="File Location").grid(row=0, sticky=W) 

e1 = Entry(master)
e1.grid(row=0, column=1)

b = Button(master, text="Convert", command=pdf2img)
b.grid(row=0, column=2,columnspan=2, rowspan=2,padx=5, pady=5)
 
mainloop()

Output:

If there is no PDF file at your given location.

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