Open Your First PDF with PyMuPDF

PyMuPDF is a Python library for working with PDF files. The code below opens an existing PDF so you can read, extract, or modify its contents.

1. Import PyMuPDF

This imports the PyMuPDF library and makes its PDF tools available in your Python program.

2. Open the PDF

• pymupdf.open() opens the PDF file named sample.pdf.
• The returned document is stored in the variable doc, which you can then use to access the PDF's pages and content.

Complete Example

In short: import pymupdf loads the library, while pymupdf.open("sample.pdf") opens the PDF and stores it in doc for further processing.

Open the notebook

Open the Google Colab notebook for this PDF mini-guide and run the code as you follow along.

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Want to learn how to install the pymupdf package?

Check out this mini-guide: How to Install PyMuPDF in Google Colab.