Read Form Field Data from a PDF using Python - Quick Start

Learn how to quickly read form data from a PDF with fillable form fields using python. This process uses the PyPDF2 library. In short:

Step 1: Install pypdf2
pip install pypdf2
Step 2: Import Libraries
import PyPDF2
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
Step 3: Open pdf and create PdfReader object.
pdf = open(path, 'rb')
reader = PyPDF2.PdfReader(pdf)
Step 4: Create a dict with the form fields and thier values:
Step 5: Access the field data:

[circuithijacker]

Very informative! This was exactly what I was looking to do. Looking forward to your series on PDF form topics.

[MaurizioMondello]

Thanks, this was useful. One minor point is that I would think the reader should be redefined within the extract_forms_value function as path/file will change.

[alejandrosuarez]

Hello, thank you for this video. Could you possibly make a video exporting this output to a csv/excel file?