Step to Count the number of pages in a PDF file

Step 1: Import PyPDF2 library into the Python program

import PyPDF2

Step 2: Open the PDF file in read binary format using file handling

file = open('your pdf file path', 'rb')

Step 3: Read the pdf using the PdfReader() function of the PyPDF2 library

pdfReader = PyPDF2.PdfReader(file)

Note: These above three steps are similar for all methods that we are going to see using an example.

In this article, we will see how can we count the total number of pages in a PDF file in Python,

For this article there is no such prerequisite, we will use PyPDF2 library for this purpose. PyPDF2 is a free and open-source pure-Python PyPDF library capable of performing many tasks like splitting, merging, cropping, and transforming the pages of PDF files. It can also add custom data, viewing options, and passwords to PDF files. PyPDF2 can retrieve text and metadata from PDFs as well. Refer to this “Working with PDF files in Python” to explore about PyPDF2

Installing required library

Execute the below command to install the PyPDF2 library in the command prompt or terminal.

pip install PyPDF2