Python Requires Chilkat v11.7.0+

PDF Object Streams: generate, preserve or disable

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Demonstrates the objectStreams option. An object stream packs many small objects (dictionaries, not stream data) into one compressed stream, which is usually a worthwhile saving in a document with many pages or tags. "generate" (the default) packs them and writes a cross-reference stream; "preserve" keeps the file as it is -- packed if it already was, not packed if it was not; "disable" writes every object on its own with a classic cross-reference table, which is what a PDF 1.4 reader needs. Object streams require PDF 1.5 and are skipped for PDF/A-1. Chilkat2-Python

import sys
import chilkat2

success = False

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# The PDF used in this example is available at grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf

fac = chilkat2.FileAccess()
json = chilkat2.JsonObject()
jsonOut = chilkat2.JsonObject()

# generate: pack the objects (the default).
pdf1 = chilkat2.Pdf()
success = pdf1.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf")
if (success == False):
    print(pdf1.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

json.UpdateString("objectStreams","generate")
success = pdf1.Optimize("optimize",json,jsonOut)
if (success == False):
    print(pdf1.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = pdf1.WriteFile("qa_output/grand_canyon_objstm_generate.pdf")
if (success == False):
    print(pdf1.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("generate: " + str(fac.FileSize("qa_output/grand_canyon_objstm_generate.pdf")) + " bytes, objects packed: " + str(jsonOut.IntOf("actions.objectStreams.count")))

# disable: every object on its own, with a classic cross-reference table.
pdf2 = chilkat2.Pdf()
success = pdf2.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf")
if (success == False):
    print(pdf2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

json.UpdateString("objectStreams","disable")
success = pdf2.Optimize("optimize",json,jsonOut)
if (success == False):
    print(pdf2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = pdf2.WriteFile("qa_output/grand_canyon_objstm_disable.pdf")
if (success == False):
    print(pdf2.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("disable:  " + str(fac.FileSize("qa_output/grand_canyon_objstm_disable.pdf")) + " bytes")

# preserve: leave the file's own structure alone.  Use it when the output must stay readable by
# whatever reads the input today.
pdf3 = chilkat2.Pdf()
success = pdf3.LoadFile("qa_data/pdf/grand_canyon_hiking_guide.pdf")
if (success == False):
    print(pdf3.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

json.UpdateString("objectStreams","preserve")
success = pdf3.Optimize("optimize",json,jsonOut)
if (success == False):
    print(pdf3.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

success = pdf3.WriteFile("qa_output/grand_canyon_objstm_preserve.pdf")
if (success == False):
    print(pdf3.LastErrorText)
    sys.exit()

print("preserve: " + str(fac.FileSize("qa_output/grand_canyon_objstm_preserve.pdf")) + " bytes")