Search and replace placeholder text in PDF with Python

Question

I need to generate a customized PDF copy of a template document. The easiest way - I thought - was to create a source PDF that has some placeholder text where customization need

Answer 1

As another solution you may try Aspose.PDF Cloud SDK for Python, it provides the feature to replace text in a PDF document.

First thing first, install the Aspose.PDF Cloud SDK for Python

pip install asposepdfcloud

Sample Code upload PDF file to your cloud storage and replace multiple strings in a PDF document

import os 
import asposepdfcloud 
from asposepdfcloud.apis.pdf_api import PdfApi 
 
# Get App key and App SID from https://aspose.cloud 
pdf_api_client = asposepdfcloud.api_client.ApiClient( 
    app_key='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', 
    app_sid='xxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx') 
 
pdf_api = PdfApi(pdf_api_client) 
filename = '02_pages.pdf' 
remote_name = '02_pages.pdf' 
 
#upload PDF file to storage 
pdf_api.upload_file(remote_name,filename) 
 
#Replace Text 
text_replace1 = asposepdfcloud.models.TextReplace(old_value='origami',new_value='aspose',regex='true') 
text_replace2 = asposepdfcloud.models.TextReplace(old_value='candy',new_value='biscuit',regex='true') 
text_replace_list = asposepdfcloud.models.TextReplaceListRequest(text_replaces=[text_replace1,text_replace2]) 
 
response = pdf_api.post_document_text_replace(remote_name, text_replace_list) 
print(response)

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