Alfred PDF Tools – Optimize, encrypt and manipulate PDF files

[xilopaint]

18 minutes ago, 2pilvic said:

The flow stopped working for me and I don't know what could have happened. I reinstalled macOs and it hasn't worked since. The mistake is:

 

ERROR: Alfred PDF Tools[Run Script] xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun

 

The /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/ folder only contains the “share” and “lib” folders

I'd appreciate your help

 

You just need to install Command Line Tools. Run this command in Terminal:

 

xcode-select --install

[2pilvic]

1 hour ago, xilopaint said:

 

You just need to install Command Line Tools. Run this command in Terminal:

 

xcode-select --install

It is done. All in order. Many thanks

[TomBenz]

17 hours ago, xilopaint said:

Could you explain further how the feature would work and why you need it? Would the text file be a simple .txt file?

It is extraction of pdf bookmarks into text and excel file with same filename with bookmark as suffix. I posted Python code for it in a separate thread and have been able to make it work via Alfred. When I am reading large technical pdf document, I extract bookmark into excel, allocate time to topics, exercises and then work on the document. I also take some notes if needed in excel file.

[xilopaint]

14 hours ago, TomBenz said:

It is extraction of pdf bookmarks into text and excel file with same filename with bookmark as suffix. I posted Python code for it in a separate thread and have been able to make it work via Alfred. When I am reading large technical pdf document, I extract bookmark into excel, allocate time to topics, exercises and then work on the document. I also take some notes if needed in excel file.

 

Where's the code?

[TomBenz]

7 hours ago, xilopaint said:

 

Where's the code?

import sys

query = sys.argv[1]
sys.stdout.write(query)
print(query)
filename = query
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Mon Jan  2 13:45:57 2023

@author: khale
"""
#Extract bookmark from PDF and export to excel
# openpyxl and PyMuPDF are needed
from openpyxl import Workbook
import fitz
import os
import subprocess, platform
doc = fitz.open(filename)
toc = doc.get_toc()
if len(toc) >0 :
    wb = Workbook()
    ws = wb.active
    ws.title = "Bookmarks"
    ws.cell(1,1).value= "Bookmark"
    ws.cell(1,2).value= "Pages"
    for i in range(0, len(toc)):
        ws.cell(i+2,1).value =toc[1]
        ws.cell(i+2,2).value =toc[2]
    Bookmark_filename = filename[:-4] +" BookMark.xlsx"
    wb.save(Bookmark_filename)
    #Open excel
    #os.system(f'start excel.exe "{Bookmark_filename}"')
    if platform.system() == 'Darwin':  # macOS
            subprocess.call(('open', Bookmark_filename))
    elif platform.system() == 'Windows':  # Windows
            os.startfile(Bookmark_filename)
    else:  # linux variants
            subprocess.call(('xdg-open', Bookmark_filename))
else:
    #No bookmark in the PDF
    print("no Bookbark was found")

[xilopaint]

@TomBenzthis workflow is intended to cover broad PDF manipulation needs. With that in mind, I avoid implementing features that are too specific and therefore cannot be leveraged by a large user base. Anyway, I'm happy to know you were able to make the script work via Alfred.

[Yoyontzin]

How do I install it?

[xilopaint]

17 hours ago, Yoyontzin said:

How do I install it?

 

You can download it from the GitHub releases page: https://github.com/xilopaint/alfred-pdf-tools/releases/latest

[chumido]

@xilopaint Hi. I runed optimize command and get the failed notification. Can you please check and help me to fix:

Info:

• Workflow version
  • 4.2
• Alfred version
  • 5.0.6
• Python version
  • 3.11.2
• PyCryptodome version
  • Not Installed
• macOS version
  • 13.3
• Architecture
  • i386

 

Debug:

[16:56:19.805] Alfred PDF Tools[File Action] Processing complete

[16:56:19.809] Alfred PDF Tools[File Action] Passing output '/Users/chumido/Dropbox/Mac/Downloads/Tài liệu kết nối APi TMDT (5).pdf' to Arg and Vars

[16:56:19.810] Alfred PDF Tools[Arg and Vars] Processing complete

[16:56:19.811] Alfred PDF Tools[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Keyword

[16:56:25.339] Alfred PDF Tools[Keyword] Processing complete

[16:56:25.344] Alfred PDF Tools[Keyword] Passing output '50' to Replace

[16:56:25.346] Alfred PDF Tools[Replace] Processing complete

[16:56:25.347] Alfred PDF Tools[Replace] Passing output '50' to Run Script

[16:56:25.962] STDERR: Alfred PDF Tools[Run Script] .

16:56:25 workflow.py:2278 DEBUG    ---------- Alfred PDF Tools (4.2.0) ----------

16:56:25 workflow.py:1681 DEBUG    reading settings from /Users/chumido/Library/Application Support/Alfred/Workflow Data/com.xilopaint.alfredapp.pdftools/settings.json

16:56:25 workflow.py:2683 DEBUG    update check not due

16:56:25 workflow.py:1904 DEBUG    loading cached data: /Users/chumido/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Data/com.xilopaint.alfredapp.pdftools/__workflow_latest_version.pickle

16:56:25 workflow.py:2609 DEBUG    set last run version: 4.2.0

16:56:25 workflow.py:2322 DEBUG    ---------- finished in 0.299s ----------

Edited March 29, 2023 by chumido

[xilopaint]

@chumido Could you send me the PDF file you used via PM?

[xilopaint]

@chumido your file works for me. Did you remember to allow k2pdfopt in System Settings?

 

[chumido]

3 minutes ago, xilopaint said:

@chumido your file works for me. Did you remember to allow k2pdfopt in System Settings?

 

 

It did not show in system setting when i runed command. just a notification said failed. Maybe i miss something?

[xilopaint]

2 minutes ago, chumido said:

 

It did not show in system setting when i runed command. just a notification said failed. Maybe i miss something?

 

Delete the workflow, install it again and run the Optimize File Action in your file.

Edited March 30, 2023 by xilopaint

[chumido]

3 minutes ago, xilopaint said:

 

Delete the workflow, install it again and run the Optimize File Action in your file.

 

I have just tried, but I am still getting that error.

 

Edited March 30, 2023 by chumido
add more infos

[xilopaint]

1 minute ago, chumido said:

 

I have just tried, but I am still getting that error.

 

Have you seen the message in System Settings this time?

[chumido]

5 minutes ago, xilopaint said:

 

Have you seen the message in System Settings this time?

No its not. There is no message. Weird. 

Edited March 30, 2023 by chumido

[xilopaint]

6 hours ago, chumido said:

No its not. There is no message. Weird. 

 

This file action executes an unsigned binary. You should see the message.

 

Any idea why he can't see the message, @vitor?

Edited March 30, 2023 by xilopaint

[xilopaint]

@chumido do you have the same issue with other PDF files?

[chumido]

5 minutes ago, xilopaint said:

@chumido do you have the same issue with other PDF files?

i tried about 10-15 pdf files, and all of them have this issue.

[chumido]

Only optimize command has error. The other work perfect.

[xilopaint]

Update (v4.3)

 

• Replace PyPDF2 with pypdf.
• Update Notificator.
• Improve flow for PyCryptodome installation.

[xilopaint]

Update (v4.3.1)
 

• Fixed bugs in workflow objects.

Edited May 6, 2023 by xilopaint

[slyfox]

How do I bypass the security warning? A click allow anyway multiple times and still get the same error when trying to merge PDF files.

 

 

[xilopaint]

@slyfoxTo get support you need to post the !diagnostic keyword output.

Edited July 6, 2023 by xilopaint

[slyfox]

23 hours ago, xilopaint said:

@slyfoxTo get support you need to post the !diagnostic keyword output.

 

Diagnostic: https://pastebin.com/bPRcfxUD