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Remove Image from PDF in Python SDK

Delete a Images from a PDF Document using Cloud Python SDK

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How to delete Images from PDF via Python SDK

To delete images from PDF via Cloud Python SDK, 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. 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 delete images using Python

Aspose.PDF Cloud developers can easily load & delete images from PDF in just a few lines of code.

  1. Initialize the Aspose PDF API
  2. Upload the PDF Document to Cloud Storage
  3. Deletes image by id from the PDF file in the cloud storage.
  4. Download the result if needed it
 

Remove Images from PDF using Python


    import shutil
    import json
    import logging
    from pathlib import Path
    from asposepdfcloud import ApiClient, PdfApi

    # Configure logging
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s")

    class ImagesDel:
        """Class for add image to PDF using Aspose PDF Cloud API."""
        def deleteImageInPdf(self):
            """Delete the image in the PDF document."""
            localFolder = "C:\Samples"
            storageDocumentName = "sample.pdf"
            storageImageFile = "sample.jpg"
            storageTempFolder = "TempPdfCloud"
            outputFileName = "output_del_images.pdf"
            imageID = "GE5TCMJQGUZDWMJZGMWDOMZSFQZDSOBMG42DK"

            # Get your AppSid and AppSecret from https://dashboard.aspose.cloud (free registration required). 
            self.pdf_api = PdfApi(ApiClient(AppSecret, AppSid))

            if self.pdf_api:
                file_path = localFolder + '/' + storageDocumentName
                self.pdf_api.upload_file(storageTempFolder + '/' + storageDocumentName, file_path)

                opts = {
                    "folder" : storageTempFolder
                }
                self.pdf_api.delete_image(storageDocumentName, imageID, **opts)

                temp_file = self.pdf_api.download_file(storageTempFolder + '/' + storageDocumentName)
                local_path = localFolder + '/' + outputFileName
                shutil.move(temp_file, str(local_path))
                logging.info(f"download_result(): File successfully downloaded: {local_path}")
 

Work with Images in PDF

Images often contribute significantly to the size of a PDF. Removing them can make the document smaller and easier to share, especially in email or online uploads. Images may contain sensitive information, such as personal photos or proprietary visuals. Removing them ensures the document respects privacy or confidentiality requirements. Removing images from a PDF is a strategic step in ensuring the document is optimized for specific use cases, whether it’s for storage, sharing, or readability. Delete the Images from PDF documents with Aspose.PDF Cloud Python SDK.

With our Python library you can:

  • Add PDF document’s header & footer in text or image format.
  • Add tables & stamps (text or image) to PDF documents.
  • Append multiple PDF documents to an existing file.
  • Work with PDF attachments, annotations, & form fields.
  • Apply encryption or decryption to PDF documents & set a password.
  • Delete all stamps & tables from a page or entire PDF document.
  • Delete a specific stamp or table from the PDF document by its ID.
  • Replace single or multiple instances of text on a PDF page or from the entire document.
  • Extensive support for converting PDF documents to various other file formats.
  • Extract various elements of PDF files & make PDF documents optimized.
  • You can try out our free App to change image dimensions in PDF files online and test the functionality.