PDF to PNG transparent background utility

Get Started

Step shown below are for MacOS/Linux

Create and activate virtual environment (optional)
```
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
```
Install dependencies
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
```

Install ImageMagick

brew install imagemagick

or

sudo apt update && sudo apt install imagemagick

Then, run the script
```
python3 main.py <filename>
```
Replace <filename> with actual filename, eg: sample.pdf. Output will be saved in output folder.

Using Docker

Build the image

docker build -t pdf_to_image .

Run the image and using it

docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/app pdf_to_image python3 main.py <path_to_file>

Replace <path_to_file> with actual filename, eg: /app/sample.pdf. Output will be saved in output folder.

Troubleshooting

Error: ImportError: MagickWand shared library not found. You probably had not installed ImageMagick library. Try to install: brew install freetype imagemagick

Try run the following command on the same terminal session where you run your python file:

export MAGICK_HOME=/opt/homebrew/opt/imagemagick

Source

wand.exceptions.PolicyError: attempt to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy `PDF' @ error/constitute.c/IsCoderAuthorized/421

Run command below to turn off security setting

sudo mv /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml.off

When you are done with the tool, revert the setting to its original

sudo mv /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml.off /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml

Source

Sample PDFs

sample.pdf is provided for you to test right away. You can get more sample pdf from:

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