Python 2.x Pre-compiled PDF library integration

This guide will help you run Apryse samples and integrate a free trial of the Apryse SDK into Python application on macOS. Your free trial includes unlimited trial usage and support from solution engineers.

• Python 2.7.x

• Apryse precompiled Python/Ruby SDK for macOS:

1. Download the Python and Ruby prebuilt binaries. Make sure you download the right architecture for your Python interpreter.
2. Extract the downloaded zip file and navigate to it.
3. Navigate to the /PDFNetC/Lib directory of the Python SDK download and execute:

chmod a+x fix_rpaths.sh
./fix_rpaths.sh

4. Get your Apryse trial key.

Run a specific sample

1. Navigate to the PYTHON folder in the sample, for example /Samples/PYTHON and execute ./RunTest.sh.

Run all samples

1. To run all tests, navigate to /Samples and execute the runall_python file:

./runall_python.sh

The tests will run one by one.

This section will show you how to use our SDK to create a simple Apryse "Hello World!" application. It will create a document with one blank page and save it as a linearized PDF in its running directory.

1. Navigate to the /Samples directory and create a new directory called myApp (if it does not exist already). This guide will assume your application is named myApp. For organization, create a new directory inside myApp called PYTHON.

2. Navigate inside that PYTHON directory and create a new Python file called myApp.py. Open it with your favorite text editor and paste this into it:

   import site
   # below is the relative path to Apryse PDFNetC libraries
   site.addsitedir("../../../PDFNetC/Lib")
   import sys
   from PDFNetPython import *
   
   def main():
       PDFNet.Initialize("YOUR_APRYSE_LICENSE_KEY")
       doc = PDFDoc()
       page = doc.PageCreate()         # Start a new page
       doc.PagePushBack(page)          # Add the page to the document
       doc.Save("output.pdf", SDFDoc.e_linearized);  # Save the document as a linearized PDF
       print("Hello World!")
   
   if __name__ == '__main__':
       main()

3. Run your application via python myApp.py. If all goes well your output should read:

   PDFNet is running in demo mode.
   Permission: write
   Hello World!

Check the output.pdf that the program output in the same directory. It should be a PDF with one blank page.

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Check the troubleshooting page if you run into any issues going through this document.