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Insert Image into PDF with Python REST API

This quick tutorial guides you on how to insert image into PDF with Python REST API. You will learn to automatically add picture to PDF document with Python Python-based API using the Cloud-based SDK. You will learn to upload images, and PDF files, define the image position, and target page number.

Prerequisite

Steps to Insert a Picture in a PDF with Python REST Interface

  1. Configure the PdfApi class object for adding an image to a PDF
  2. Upload the target PDF file to the Cloud Storage with a specified name
  3. Upload the image file to the Cloud storage and assign it a name
  4. Call the PostInsertImage() method by providing the names of the PDF file, image, page number, and rectangular area
  5. Download the updated PDF file and save it on the disk

These steps summarize how to insert picture in PDF document with Python Python-based API. Upload the source PDF file, and image, and define the rectangular area describing the position and dimension of the image. Check the status of the response and download the updated PDF file having the new image in it.

Code to Insert an Image in PDF with Python Python-based API

This code demonstrates how to insert image in PDF document with Python RESTful Service. Use page index 1 instead of 0 to refer to the first page in the PDF, define the rectangle with respect to the bottom-left corner of the page as the origin, and set the height and width in points.

This article has taught us the process of inserting an image in a PDF. If you want to compress the PDF file, refer to the article on how to Compress PDF with Python REST API.

 

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