Kudos to PyMuPDF!

[gamesbook]

As always happens, I am again blown away by the awesome libraries provided by the Python community!

I am working on an app to create various types of graphics, based on ReportLab (an excellent tool!) and needed a way to also get a image output. Within less than an hour after coming across a link to PyMUPDF, I was able to add this function to my app and boom instant PNG files.

def pdf_to_png(filename: str, dpi: int = 300):
    """Extract pages from PDF as PNG image(s)."""
    feedback(f'Saving content of {filename} as .png image(s)...')
    basename = os.path.splitext(filename)[0]
    try:
        doc = pymupdf.open(filename)
        pages = doc.page_count
        for page in doc:
            pix = page.get_pixmap(dpi=dpi)
            if pages > 1:
                pix.save(f"{basename}_{page.number + 1}.png")
            else:
                pix.save(f"{basename}.png")
    except Exception as err:
        feedback(f'Unable to extract images for {filename} - {err}!')

PyMuPDF is really easy to use and "just works" - brilliant!

[JorjMcKie]

Really nice feedback - thank you!

You won't be surprised to read that your code just scratched the surface, will you 😉?
Maybe the right point in time to interest you in our own specialized AI, called "Dr. PDF". Access it via https://pymupdf.io/.
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[gamesbook]

Even more awesome - will take a look, thanks!

(PS - brilliant user name - from some of his really under-appreciated novels)