Add Text to PDF using Python

Add text to PDF document with Python for .NET. Use Aspose.PDF to modify PDF documents programmatically

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How to Work with Text in PDF using Python for .NET Library

To add Text into PDF File, we’ll use Aspose.PDF for Python a powerful and easy-to-use API. Open PyPI, search for aspose-pdf, and install it. Alternatively, run the command:

Console

pip install aspose-pdf

Add Text to PDF File via Python

To try the code in your environment, you need Aspose.PDF for Python.

  1. Load the PDF with an instance of Document.
  2. Create a TextParagraph and define its properties.
  3. Add the TextParagraph to Page using TextBuilder.
  4. Save the file again.

Add Text to PDF - Python

This sample code shows how to add text into PDF document - Python

import aspose.pdf as apdf

from os import path

path_infile = path.join(self.data_dir, infile)
path_outfile = path.join(self.data_dir, outfile)

document = apdf.Document(path_infile)

# Get particular page
page = document.pages[1]

# Create text fragment
text_fragment = apdf.text.TextFragment("Hello, world!")
text_fragment.position = apdf.text.Position(100, 600)

# Set text properties
text_fragment.text_state.font_size = 12
text_fragment.text_state.font = apdf.text.FontRepository.find_font("TimesNewRoman")
text_fragment.text_state.background_color = apdf.Color.light_gray
text_fragment.text_state.foreground_color = apdf.Color.red

# Create TextBuilder object
builder = apdf.text.TextBuilder(page)

# Append the text fragment to the PDF page
builder.append_text(text_fragment)

# Save resulting PDF document.
document.save(path_outfile )