Portrait & Landscape Orientation

from ironpdf import *
 
# For NEW PDF Documents use PdfPaperOrientation
# PdfPaperOrientation: To choose Landscape or Portrait Orientation in a new PDF document
renderer = ChromePdfRenderer()
renderer.RenderingOptions.PaperOrientation = PdfPaperOrientation.Landscape

new_pdf_from_html = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1> Hello World! </h1>")
new_pdf_from_html_file = renderer.RenderHtmlFileAsPdf("example.html")
new_pdf_from_url = renderer.RenderUrlAsPdf("https://ironpdf.com")

# For EXISTING PDFs use PageRotation
# PageRotation: To rotate a PDF page and all of its contents
existing_pdf = PdfDocument.FromFile("old_report.pdf")

# Get rotation value
get_rotation_first_page = existing_pdf.Pages[0].PageRotation

# Rotate specified page
existing_pdf.SetPageRotation(PageIndex=0, Rotation=PdfPageRotation.Clockwise90)

# Rotate ALL pages
existing_pdf.SetAllPageRotations(PdfPageRotation.Clockwise270)

pip install ironpdf

pip install ironpdf

Portrait & Landscape Orientation

IronPDF for Python supports both Landscape and Portrait page orientation for new PDFs, and provides per-page rotation control for existing documents.

Getting Started

For new PDFs, set RenderingOptions.PaperOrientation before calling any render method. For existing PDFs, use SetPageRotation or SetAllPageRotations on a loaded PdfDocument to rotate individual pages or the entire document.

Understanding the Code

New PDFs

PaperOrientation = PdfPaperOrientation.Landscape: Renders the PDF in landscape orientation. Use Portrait to return to the default upright layout.
Works with RenderHtmlAsPdf, RenderHtmlFileAsPdf, and RenderUrlAsPdf.

Existing PDFs

PdfDocument.FromFile(path): Loads an existing PDF file.
Pages[0].PageRotation: Reads the current rotation of the first page (zero-based index).
SetPageRotation(PageIndex, Rotation): Rotates a single page to the specified angle.
SetAllPageRotations(Rotation): Applies the same rotation to every page in the document.