Python에서 PDF 파일을 플랫화하는 방법

IronPDF Features

• The creation of PDF documents from a variety of sources, including HTML, HTML5, ASPX, and Razor/MVC View, is possible with IronPDF. It provides the option to create PDF files from HTML pages and images.
• The IronPDF toolkit can assist with a variety of tasks, including creating interactive PDFs, finishing and submitting interactive forms, split and combine PDF files, extracting text and images, searching text within PDF files, rasterizing PDFs to images, changing font sizes, and converting PDF files.
• With support for user-agents, proxies, cookies, HTTP headers, and form variables, IronPDF provides HTML login form validation.
• Usernames and passwords are used by IronPDF to grant users access to documents that are secured.
• IronPDF can print a PDF file from a number of sources, such as a string, stream, or URL, with just a few lines of code.

With the help of IronPDF, it becomes easy to generate flattened PDF documents.

Environment Configuration

Check that Python is installed on your PC. Visit the official Python website to download and install the most recent version of Python that is compatible with your operating system. Once Python is installed, segregate the requirements for your project by creating a virtual environment. The venv module lets you create and manage virtual environments to provide your conversion project a neat, separate workspace.

New Initiative in PyCharm

PyCharm is recommended as an IDE for writing Python code, for this tutorial.

Select "New Project" once the PyCharm IDE has launched.

Create a New Project in PyCharm

When you select "New Project," a new window will open where you can specify the project's environment and location. The image below may help you see this.

Specify the project environment and location

Click the Create button to start a New Project after selecting the Project location and environment path. The software can then be built in the subsequent new window that appears. This tutorial makes use of Python 3.9.

A new Python Project has been successfully created in PyCharm

IronPDF Library Requirement

IronPDF for Python, mostly makes use of .NET 6.0. As a result, in order to utilize IronPDF for Python, your computer has to have the .NET 6.0 runtime installed. Before Linux and Mac users may use this Python module, .NET may need to be installed. To obtain the required runtime environment, go to this download page from Microsoft.

IronPDF Library Installation

To install the ironpdf package necessary to create, edit, and open PDF files, start by opening a terminal in PyCharm and run the following command:

 pip install ironpdf

Install the IronPDF package

Generate Flattened PDF using IronPDF

Flattening a PDF can be easily done with the help of IronPDF with just a few lines of code. Below is the source PDF which has text boxes form with a calendar control as a sample PDF file.

Source PDF containing a form with calendar and text box controls

In the PDF form which has three fields, which include two text boxes and one calendar control. It also contains some form field values. Below is the sample code.

from ironpdf import PdfDocument

# Load the PDF document from a specified file path
pdf = PdfDocument.FromFile('F:\\PDF\\EditorDemo.pdf')

# Call the Flatten method to remove all form fields and controls
pdf.Flatten()

# Save the flattened PDF to a new file
pdf.SaveAs("flattenpdf.pdf")

from ironpdf import PdfDocument

# Load the PDF document from a specified file path
pdf = PdfDocument.FromFile('F:\\PDF\\EditorDemo.pdf')

# Call the Flatten method to remove all form fields and controls
pdf.Flatten()

# Save the flattened PDF to a new file
pdf.SaveAs("flattenpdf.pdf")

This example begins by importing the ironpdf module, setting the stage to utilize its functionalities for PDF operations. Using PdfDocument.FromFile(), it loads an existing PDF file, allowing various manipulations. The Flatten() method is called to remove interactive elements like form fields, converting them into a static part of the PDF content. Finally, SaveAs() is used to save the modified PDF to a new file, thus completing the flattening process.

The output flattened PDF

For more details on Flattened PDF, visit this code link with detailed examples.