Work with Watermark in PDF using Python

Work with watermarks in PDF document programmatically using Aspose.PDF for Python for .NET Library

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Add Watermark with Python for .NET Library

In order to add Watermark to 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:

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pip install aspose-pdf

Add Watermark using 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 an instance of WatermarkArtifact.
  3. Set properties of WatermarkArtifact object.
  4. Add watermark using method Add of Aspose.Pdf.Page.Artifacts collection class.
  5. Save PDF file

Add Watermark in PDF - Python

This sample code shows how to add Watermark to PDF Pages - Python

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import aspose.pdf as ap

input_pdf = DIR_INPUT_PAGES + "add_watermark.pdf"
output_pdf = DIR_OUTPUT_PAGES + "add_watermark.pdf"

document = ap.Document(input_pdf)
artifact = ap.WatermarkArtifact()

ts = ap.text.TextState()
ts.font_size = 72
ts.foreground_color = ap.Color.blue
ts.font = ap.text.FontRepository.find_font("Courier")

artifact.set_text_and_state("WATERMARK", ts)
artifact.artifact_horizontal_alignment = ap.HorizontalAlignment.CENTER
artifact.artifact_vertical_alignment = ap.VerticalAlignment.CENTER
artifact.rotation = 45
artifact.opacity = 0.5
artifact.is_background = True
document.pages[1].artifacts.append(artifact)
document.save(output_pdf)