new: Added normalize-pdf-pagewidth.py

README.md

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 # Random Scripts
 This repository is for random scripts I wrote mostly for personal use.
 

normalize-pdf-pagewidth.py

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+#!/bin/env python3
+
+# This script resized all pages of a given pdf to make them all the same width.
+# It can be set up to make them all the same as the min width of the given pdf,
+# or the max width, or a custom width.
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter
+from pathlib import Path
+
+parser = ArgumentParser(
+    prog = 'Normalize PDF pagewidth',
+    description = 'A small program that does exactly what it says',
+    epilog = 'For each input file \'input.pdf\', the output file will be named \'input-norm.pdf\''
+)
+
+parser.add_argument('filename', help = 'The name of the input file. Multiple files can be supplied at once.', nargs = '+')
+parser.add_argument('-w', '--width', default = 'min', help = 'The desired width. Can be \'max\', \'min\', or a number in pixels. Defaults to min.')
+args = vars(parser.parse_args())
+
+w = args['width']
+if w != 'min' and w != 'max' and not w.isnumeric():
+    print('Invalid width. Only min, max or numeric values are supported.')
+    exit(-1)
+
+for file in args['filename']:
+    print('Processing ' + file + '...')
+    try:
+        reader = PdfReader(file)
+    except:
+        print('There was some error trying to read the file.')
+    else:
+        pages = reader.pages
+        outfile = Path(file).stem + '-norm.pdf'
+        if w == 'min':
+            outw = min([pages[i].mediabox.width for i in range(len(pages))])
+        elif w == 'max':
+            outw = max([pages[i].mediabox.width for i in range(len(pages))])
+        else:
+            outw = w
+        writer = PdfWriter()
+        for page in pages:
+            dim = page.mediabox
+            outh = dim.height * (outw / dim.width)
+            page.scale_to(width = outw, height = outh)
+            writer.add_page(page)
+        with open(outfile, 'wb+') as f:
+            writer.write(f)