Is there Python PDF metadata writing library for Windows?

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Can someone point me to Python PDF package that can do metadata writing? I found Python XMP Toolkit, but building Exempi on cygwin is nightmare I want to avoid.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You can modify pdf docinfo metadata, (not xmp metadata) in either of the following ways:

pdfrw seems to have some support for this (not a lot of documentation, but looking at the alter.py example, it seems to be possible).
This SO question uses pyPdf library to make a new pdf with the desired metadata: Change metadata of pdf file with pypdf.

Alternatively, you could wrap a command line application like pdftk.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Oct 25 '10 at 13:29

Steven

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Thanks for your answer :) Tiny pdfrw package is perfect solution to my metadata problem – romor Oct 28 '10 at 14:11
Pdftk is also docinfo only, not xmp. – Matthew Leingang Sep 08 '12 at 13:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '10 at 18:10

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You might want to get a command line to modify metadata. Some tools modify both native and XMP metadata.

I wrote a blog on metadata editing a while ago: http://www.barcodeschool.com/2010/09/publishers-fix-the-metadata-in-the-pdf-file/

answered Oct 28 '10 at 18:10

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