Source code for derobertis_cv.pdf_compressor

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Author: Sylvain Carlioz
# 6/03/2017
# MIT license -- free to use as you want, cheers.

"""
Simple python wrapper script to use ghostscript function to compress PDF files.
Compression levels:
    0: default
    1: prepress
    2: printer
    3: ebook
    4: screen
Dependency: Ghostscript.
On MacOSX install via command line `brew install ghostscript`.
"""

import argparse
import os.path
import subprocess
import sys
from shutil import copyfile




def compress_pdf(input_file_path, output_file_path, power=0):
    """Function to compress PDF via Ghostscript command line interface"""
    quality = {0: "/default", 1: "/prepress", 2: "/printer", 3: "/ebook", 4: "/screen"}

    # Basic controls
    # Check if valid path
    if not os.path.isfile(input_file_path):
        print("Error: invalid path for input PDF file")
        sys.exit(1)

    # Check if file is a PDF by extension
    if input_file_path.split(".")[-1].lower() != "pdf":
        print("Error: input file is not a PDF")
        sys.exit(1)

    print("Compress PDF...")
    initial_size = os.path.getsize(input_file_path)
    subprocess.call(
        [
            "gs",
            "-sDEVICE=pdfwrite",
            "-dCompatibilityLevel=1.4",
            "-dPDFSETTINGS={}".format(quality[power]),
            "-dNOPAUSE",
            "-dQUIET",
            "-dBATCH",
            "-sOutputFile={}".format(output_file_path),
            input_file_path,
        ]
    )
    final_size = os.path.getsize(output_file_path)
    ratio = 1 - (final_size / initial_size)
    print("Compression by {0:.0%}.".format(ratio))
    print("Final file size is {0:.1f}MB".format(final_size / 1000000))
    print("Done.")





def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
    )
    parser.add_argument("input", help="Relative or absolute path of the input PDF file")
    parser.add_argument(
        "-o", "--out", help="Relative or absolute path of the output PDF file"
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-c", "--compress", type=int, help="Compression level from 0 to 4"
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "-b", "--backup", action="store_true", help="Backup the old PDF file"
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--open", action="store_true", default=False, help="Open PDF after compression"
    )
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # In case no compression level is specified, default is 2 '/ printer'
    if not args.compress:
        args.compress = 2
    # In case no output file is specified, store in temp file
    if not args.out:
        args.out = "temp.pdf"

    # Run
    compress_pdf(args.input, args.out, power=args.compress)

    # In case no output file is specified, erase original file
    if args.out == "temp.pdf":
        if args.backup:
            copyfile(args.input, args.input.replace(".pdf", "_BACKUP.pdf"))
        copyfile(args.out, args.input)
        os.remove(args.out)

    # In case we want to open the file after compression
    if args.open:
        if args.out == "temp.pdf" and args.backup:
            subprocess.call(["open", args.input])
        else:
            subprocess.call(["open", args.out])



if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()