PDF Merger Tool

This PDF Merger Tool is a comprehensive Python utility designed for merging PDF files either from a specified directory or listed in a newline-separated text file. It supports merging PDFs directly from URLs, making it a versatile tool for various PDF processing needs. It also supports merging downloaded PDFs into Markdown files for plain-text lookups. You can specify the Max file size of output files, and the tool will automatically span multiple PDFs or Markdown files, within the specified limit.

Features

• Merge Multiple PDFs: Seamlessly combine PDF documents from a directory or a list into a single PDF or Markdown file.
• Download and Merge PDFs from URLs: Automatically fetches and merges PDFs from given URLs, so you can process any number of PDFs at one time.
• File Size Check and Split: Automatically splits the merged PDF into smaller parts if it exceeds a predefined size limit.
• Custom Output Directory and Filename: Users can define the output directory and filename for the merged PDF.
• Markdown Reporting: Optionally generates a Markdown report of the processed documents, including a list of any documents that could not be processed.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• PyPDF2
• Requests
• Fitz (PyMuPDF)

Installation

First, ensure Python 3.x is installed on your system. Then, install the necessary dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt


## Usage

Navigate to the directory containing the script in a terminal or command prompt.

### Basic Usage

To merge PDFs in the current directory:

```bash
python pdfmerge.py

Custom Output Filename and Directory

Specify a custom name and directory for the output file:

python pdfmerge.py -o my_merged_document.pdf -f /path/to/output/folder

Merging PDFs from a List

To merge PDFs specified in a text file (paths or URLs):

python pdfmerge.py -l path/to/pdf_list.md

Specifying Maximum File Size

To split the output into smaller files if it exceeds a certain size (in MB):

python pdfmerge.py -s 50

Markdown output

Generate a Markdown document containing all the data from the downloaded PDFs:

python pdfmerge.py -m

Contributing

Contributions welcome. Please fork the repo, make your changes, and submit a pull request.

License

MIT