Apryse PDF Operations

Use these scripts to manipulate PDF files. All scripts are in the scripts/ directory.

Available Scripts

Extract Text

bash

node scripts/extract-text.js <input.pdf> [output.txt]

Extracts all text from a PDF. If no output file specified, prints to stdout.

Merge PDFs

bash

node scripts/merge-pdfs.js <output.pdf> <input1.pdf> <input2.pdf> [input3.pdf ...]

Combines multiple PDFs into one document.

Split PDF

bash

node scripts/split-pdf.js <input.pdf> <output_directory> [--range 1-5,8,10-12]

Splits a PDF into individual page files. Use --range to extract specific pages.

Convert to Images

bash

node scripts/pdf-to-images.js <input.pdf> <output_directory> [--format png|jpg] [--dpi 150]

Converts each page to an image file.

Fill Form

bash

# List available fields:
node scripts/fill-form.js <input.pdf> --list

# Fill fields from JSON:
node scripts/fill-form.js <input.pdf> <output.pdf> <values.json>

The values.json format:

json

{"fieldName": "value", "checkboxField": true}

Add Watermark

bash

node scripts/add-watermark.js <input.pdf> <output.pdf> "WATERMARK TEXT" [--opacity 0.3] [--angle 45]

Adds diagonal text watermark to all pages.

Optimize (Reduce Size)

bash

node scripts/optimize-pdf.js <input.pdf> <output.pdf> [--quality 1-10]

Compresses images and removes unused data. Quality 1=smallest, 10=highest.

When to Use

•User asks to "extract text" or "get text from PDF" → extract-text.js
•User asks to "merge", "combine", or "join" PDFs → merge-pdfs.js
•User asks to "split" or "separate pages" → split-pdf.js
•User asks to "convert to images" or "make PNG/JPG" → pdf-to-images.js
•User asks to "fill form" or "fill out PDF" → fill-form.js
•User asks to "add watermark" or "stamp" → add-watermark.js
•User asks to "compress", "optimize", or "reduce size" → optimize-pdf.js

Notes

•All scripts require PDFTRON_LICENSE_KEY environment variable
•Scripts output progress to stderr and results to stdout
•Use absolute paths for reliability