split_merge: Split and merge PDFs
In tabulizer: Bindings for 'Tabula' PDF Table Extractor Library

Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) See Also Examples

Split PDF into separate pages or merge multiple PDFs into one.

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split_pdf(file, outdir = NULL, password = NULL, copy = FALSE)

merge_pdfs(file, outfile, copy = FALSE)

`file`	For `merge_pdfs`, a character vector specifying the path to one or more local PDF files. For `split_pdf`, a character string specifying the path or URL to a PDF file.
`outdir`	For `split_pdf`, an optional character string specifying a directory into which to split the resulting files. If `NULL`, the `outdir` is `tempdir()`. If `file` is a URL, both the original file and separate pages are stored in the R session's temporary directory.
`password`	Optionally, a character string containing a user password to access a secured PDF. Currently, encrypted PDFs cannot be merged with `merge_pdfs`.
`copy`	Specifies whether the original local file(s) should be copied to `tempdir()` before processing. `FALSE` by default. The argument is ignored if `file` is URL.
`outfile`	For `merge_pdfs`, a character string specifying the path to the PDF file to create from the merged documents.

split_pdf splits the file listed in file into separate one-page doucments. merge_pdfs creates a single PDF document from multiple separate PDF files.

For split_pdfs, a character vector specifying the output file names, which are patterned after the value of file. For merge_pdfs, the value of outfile.

Thomas J. Leeper <thosjleeper@gmail.com>

extract_areas, get_page_dims, make_thumbnails

# simple demo file
f <- system.file("examples", "data.pdf", package = "tabulizer")
get_n_pages(file = f)

# split PDF by page
sf <- split_pdf(f)

# merge pdf
mf <- file.path(tempdir(), "merged.pdf")
merge_pdfs(sf, mf)
get_n_pages(mf)