Python: Replace Text Annotations via Cloud Python SDK

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Replace Text Annotations in PDF via Python SDK

API for replacing annotations in PDF documents using Cloud Python SDK.

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How to replace text annotations in PDF via Cloud Python SDK

To replace text annotations in PDF, we’ll use Aspose.PDF Cloud Python SDK. This Cloud SDK assists Python programmers in developing cloud-based PDF creator, annotator, editor, and converter apps using Python programming language via Aspose.PDF REST API. Simply create an account at Aspose for Cloud and get your application information. Once you have the App SID & key, you are ready to give the Aspose.PDF Cloud Python SDK. If the python package is hosted on Github, you can install directly from Github:

Installation from Github


     
    pip install git+https://github.com/aspose-pdf-cloud/aspose-pdf-cloud-python.git

Package Manager Console Command

     
    pip install asposepdfcloud

Steps to replace text annotations in PDF via Python

Aspose.PDF Cloud developers can easily load & replace text annotations in PDF in just a few lines of code.

Install Python SDK.
Get Annotation using get_text_annotation().
Modify Annotation Contents and Icon.
Submit the Update.
Validate the Response.
Downloads the updated document.

Replace Text Annotations in PDF using Python


    from annotations_helper import Config, PdfAnnotationsHelper, logging
    from asposepdfcloud import PdfApi, TextAnnotationResponse

    class PdfReplaceAnnotations:
        """Class for managing PDF annotations using Aspose PDF Cloud API."""
        def __init__(self, pdf_api: PdfApi, helper: PdfAnnotationsHelper):
            self.pdfApi = pdf_api
            self.helper = helper
            
        def _get_annotation(self, annotation_id):
            """Get annotation from the page in the PDF document."""
            if self.pdfApi:
                args = {
                    "folder": Config.REMOTE_FOLDER
                }
                response: TextAnnotationResponse = self.pdfApi.get_text_annotation(Config.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, annotation_id, **args)
                if response.code == 200:
                    logging.info(f"get_annotationn(): annotation '{annotation_id}' successfully found '{response.annotation.contents}' in the document '{Config.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME}'.")
                    return response.annotation
                else:
                    logging.error(f"get_annotation(): Failed to get annotation in the document. Response code: {response.code}")
                    return None

        def modify_annotation(self):
            if self.pdfApi:
                if Config.ANNOTATION_ID:
                    self.helper.uploadFile(Config.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, Config.LOCAL_FOLDER, Config.REMOTE_FOLDER)
                    args = {
                        "folder": Config.REMOTE_FOLDER
                    }
                    annotation = self._get_annotation(Config.ANNOTATION_ID)
                    annotation.contents = Config.REPLACED_CONTENT
                    annotation.icon = "Star"
                    response = self.pdfApi.put_text_annotation(Config.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, Config.ANNOTATION_ID, annotation, **args)
                    if response.code == 200:
                        logging.info(f"modify_annotation(): annotation '{annotation.id}' successfully modified in the document '{Config.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME}'.")
                        self.helper.downloadFile(Config.PDF_DOCUMENT_NAME, Config.LOCAL_RESULT_DOCUMENT_NAME, Config.LOCAL_FOLDER, Config.REMOTE_FOLDER, "replaced_annotatiom_")
                    else:
                        logging.error(f"modify_annotation(): Failed to modify annotation in the document. Response code: {response.code}")

– Replace Text Annotations via Cloud Python SDK