Comments on Do not set yourself on fire ...: Extract PDF title from all files on a directory

I modified the script a little bit to handle some ...

2008-12-01T11:59:00.000-02:00

I modified the script a little bit to handle some errors:
# -*- coding: cp1252 -*-
# modified script in order to rename files with titles
# pyPdf available at http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/

from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
import os

trgtfilename = ""

for fileName in os.listdir('.'):
if fileName.lower()[-3:] != "pdf": continue

from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReaderimpo...

2008-06-23T08:14:00.000-03:00

from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
import osfor fileName in os.listdir('.'):
try: if fileName.lower()[-3:] != "pdf":
continue input1 = PdfFileReader(file(fileName, "rb")) # print the title of document1.pdf
print '##1', fileName, '##2', input1.getDocumentInfo().title
except: print '##1', fileName, '##2'

>>> from pyPdf

iam using pathon gui...but the problem is that scr...

2008-06-23T08:11:00.000-03:00

iam using pathon gui...but the problem is that scripts run and now error /or any output comes..:(...i have to extract titles and authors from reserach papers :(

@SeaCat: you must run it from a command prompt:c:\...

2008-06-23T07:40:00.000-03:00

@SeaCat: you must run it from a command prompt:

c:\python25\python script.py

in the first and second code where you have given ...

2008-06-23T07:37:00.000-03:00

in the first and second code where you have given folder path ..iam trying to us ethis script ..it runs but wher eis output...iam new in paython

Hi,This looks so useful, but I can't make it work....

2008-04-09T12:21:00.000-03:00

Hi,
This looks so useful, but I can't make it work. Really, because I don't know anything of programing. Please help (detailed help).
I put the pdf files in the python folder
I run Python Shell
I copied from the Blog the script and pasted it in the Python window
Nothing happened.
I don't know, do I need to change some names in the script according to my data?
Please

Hi, pal.I am facing exactly the same problem as Ca...

2008-03-03T04:40:00.000-03:00

Hi, pal.

I am facing exactly the same problem as Cartman's

But it’s far from a neat solution because many pdf creator won’t put real title as metadata that can be seen in native format or document property.

Is there any better way ?

Dexter

# modified script in order to rename files with ti...

2007-11-16T21:51:00.000-02:00

# modified script in order to rename files with titles
# pyPdf available at http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/

from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
import os

for fileName in os.listdir('.'):
try:
if fileName.lower()[-3:] != "pdf": continue
input1 = PdfFileReader(file(fileName, "rb"))

# rename the document with it's title

nice! but the problem is, many pdf files on the in...

2007-09-30T04:33:00.000-03:00

nice! but the problem is, many pdf files on the internet do not have the title information inside them! I tried this on my collection, but did not find even one pdf file with "real title"! of course, the dvi file name from which the pdf was created, that was printed out though!

Thanks a lot, what a good script and library!

2007-07-19T12:29:00.000-03:00

Thanks a lot, what a good script and library!

That`s what I searched! Thank you very much, very ...

2006-08-20T09:23:00.000-03:00

That`s what I searched! Thank you very much, very usefull script!