Delete Pages From a PDF

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Delete pages form a PDF document.

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Use the pdf endpoint to extract pages from an existing PDF.

In this example you start with a nine-page document and then delete pages 4-5 and 8-9. To accomplish this page deletion, merge two copies of the same document where the first copy extracts pages 1-3 and the second document extracts pages 6-7. The following example illustrates.

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Calling Endpoint Directly

The following JSON instructions document illustrates deleting pages from a PDF. It inputs the same document twice, where the first instance only selects pages 1, 2, and 3, while the second selects pages 6 and 7, effectively deleting pages 4, 5, 9, and 10.

{
  "author": "CeteSoftware",
  "creator": "DynamicPDF Cloud Api",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "pdf",
      "resourceName": "pdfnumberedinput.pdf",
      "startPage": 1,
      "pageCount": 3
    },
    {
      "type": "pdf",
      "resourceName": "pdfnumberedinput.pdf",
      "startPage": 6,
      "pageCount": 2
    }
  ]
}

curl --location 'https://api.dynamicpdf.com/v1.0/pdf'
--header 'Authorization: Bearer DP--api-key--
--form 'Instructions=@C:/temp/solutions/delete-pages/instructions.json'
--form 'Resource=@C:/temp/solutions/delete-pages/pagenumberedinput.pdf'

Calling Endpoint Using Client Library

The following JSON instructions document illustrates deleting pages from a PDF using the six different client libraries.

C# (.NET)

static void PerformDelete(string apiKey, string basePath, string outputPath)
{
    Pdf pdf = new Pdf();
    pdf.Author = "Test Author";
    pdf.Creator = "Test Creator";

    PdfInput input = pdf.AddPdf(new PdfResource(basePath + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    input.StartPage = 1;
    input.PageCount = 3;

    PdfInput input2 = pdf.AddPdf(new PdfResource(basePath + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    input2.StartPage = 6;
    input2.PageCount = 2;

    pdf.ApiKey = apiKey;
    PdfResponse response = pdf.Process();
    
    File.WriteAllBytes(outputPath + "/delete-pages-output.pdf", response.Content);
}

Source: DeletePages.cs

Java

static async Run() {            
    var pdf = new Pdf();
    var pdfInput = pdf.addPdf(new PdfResource("C:/temp/dynamicpdf-api-samples/delete-pages/pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    pdfInput.startPage = 1;
    pdfInput.pageCount = 3;

    var pdfInput = pdf.addPdf(new PdfResource("C:/temp/dynamicpdf-api-samples/delete-pages/pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    pdfInput.startPage = 6;
    pdfInput.pageCount = 2;

    pdf.apiKey =  "DP--api-key--";
    
    var res = await pdf.process();
        
    if (res.isSuccessful) {
        var outFile = "C:/temp/dynamicpdf-api-samples/delete-pages-output.pdf";
        var outStream = fs.createWriteStream(outFile);
        outStream.write(res.content);
        outStream.close();
    } else {
        console.log(res.errorJson);
    }
}

Source: DeletePages.js

Node.js

public static void Run(String apiKey, String basePath)
{
    Pdf pdf = new Pdf();
    pdf.setApiKey(apiKey);
    pdf.setAuthor("John Doe");
    pdf.setTitle("My Blank PDF Page");
    pdf.setCreator("Test Creator");
    pdf.setTag(false);
           
    PdfInput pdfInput = pdf.addPdf(new PdfResource(basePath + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    pdfInput.setStartPage(1);
    pdfInput.setPageCount(3);
            
    PdfInput pdfInput2 = pdf.addPdf(new PdfResource(basePath + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    pdfInput2.setStartPage(6);
    pdfInput2.setPageCount(2);
            
    PdfResponse pdfResponse = pdf.process();
            
    try {
            FileUtils.writeByteArrayToFile(new File(DynamicPdfCloudApiExamples.OUTPUT_PATH + "/delete-pages-output.pdf"), pdfResponse.getContent());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
}

Source: DeletePages.java

PHP

public static function Run(string $apikey, string $path, string $output_path)
{
    $pdf = new Pdf();
    $pdf->ApiKey = $apikey;

    $pdfInput = $pdf->AddPdf(new PdfResource($path . "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    $pdfInput->StartPage = 1;
    $pdfInput->PageCount = 3;

    $pdfInput2 = $pdf->AddPdf(new PdfResource($path . "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"));
    $pdfInput2->StartPage = 6;
    $pdfInput2->PageCount = 2;

    $response = $pdf->Process();

    if($response->IsSuccessful)
    {
        file_put_contents($output_path . "delete-pages-output.pdf", $response->Content);
    } else {
        echo("Error: ");
        echo($response->StatusCode);
        echo($response->ErrorJson);
    }
}

Source: DeletePages.php

GO

func main() {

    pr := endpoint.NewPdf()
    pr.Endpoint.BaseUrl = "https://api.dynamicpdf.com/"
    pr.Endpoint.ApiKey = "DP--api-key--"
    basePath := "c:/temp/dynamicpdf-api-samples/delete-pages/"

    pdfResource := resource.NewPdfResourceWithResourcePath(basePath + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf", "pagenumberedinput1.pdf")
    prInput := input.NewPdfWithResource(pdfResource)
    prInput.StartPage = 1
    prInput.PageCount = 3

    pr.Inputs = append(pr.Inputs, prInput)

    pdfResource2 := resource.NewPdfResourceWithResourcePath(basePath + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf", "pagenumberedinput2.pdf")
    prInput2 := input.NewPdfWithResource(pdfResource2)
    prInput2.StartPage = 6
    prInput2.PageCount = 2

    pr.Inputs = append(pr.Inputs, prInput2)

    resp := pr.Process()
    res := <-resp

    if res.IsSuccessful() == false {
        if res.ClientError() != nil {
            fmt.Print("Failed with error: " + res.ClientError().Error())
        } else {
            fmt.Print("Failed with error: " + res.ErrorJson())
        }
    } else {
        os.WriteFile(basePath +"delete-output.pdf",
            res.Content().Bytes(), os.ModeType)
    }
}

Source: delete-pages.go

Python

def delete_pages(apikey, full_path):
    pdf=Pdf()
    pdf.api_key=apikey
    inputA = pdf.add_pdf(PdfResource(full_path + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"))
    inputA.start_page = 1
    inputA.page_count = 3
    
    inputB = pdf.add_pdf(PdfResource(full_path + "pdfnumberedinput.pdf"))
    inputB.start_page = 6
    inputB.page_count = 2

    response = pdf.process() 

    if response.is_successful:
         with open(output_path + "delete-pages-output.pdf", "wb") as output_file:
            output_file.write(response.content)
    else:
        print(response.error_id)
        print(response.error_message)
        print(response.error_json)

Source: DeletePages.py

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The pdf endpoint takes a JSON instructions document that provides instructions for creating, transforming, merging, and formatting inputs into a combined PDF. Refer to documentation on the instructions schema for information on how to use the pdf endpoint.

• Instructions Overview
• JSON Instructions Schema
• Instructions Schema Diagram
• Instructions Schema
• pdf Inputs Overview