将文件夹中的所有文本文档转换为 PDF

Question

I have few text documents in a folder and would like to convert them to PDF Format. I am able to do it individually with the below code. Is there any way to select all the text files from a folder, convert and save them with the original name (as it was for text documents)? Below is the code I used to convert each file:

from fpdf import FPDF
pdf = FPDF()

pdf.add_page()
pdf.set_font("Arial", size = 8)

f = open("C:\\Users\\rc06587\\Desktop\\Text Doc\\Sample\\New folder (2)\\exp_000004593_cn23rk__09042020000000_citrixsystemsinc_92080217mr_00384.TXT", "r")

for x in f:
    pdf.cell(10, 4, txt = x, ln = 1, align = 'L')

pdf.output("exp_000004593_cn23rk__09042020000000_citrixsystemsinc_92080217mr_00384.TXT.pdf")

Answer 1

Use os.listdir() to get the files in the directory you want, filter for text files, and then do your conversion.

from fpdf import FPDF

def convert_one_file(path):
    pdf = FPDF()

    pdf.add_page()
    pdf.set_font("Arial", size = 8)

    f = open(path, "r")

    for x in f:
        pdf.cell(10, 4, txt = x, ln = 1, align = 'L')

    pdf.output(path + ".PDF")
    
path = "..."
for f in os.listdir(path):
    if os.path.isfile(os.sep.join((path, f))) and f.endswith(".txt"):
        convert_one_file(os.sep.join((path, f)))

A more elegant solution would probably be to use pathlib to join the paths.

Answer 2

In windows you dont need python or fpdf just use the command line

set any command line desired to rotate through file list and write them to pdf adapt any cmd to suit. If text is plain, it will become a searchable text.pdf

AllTXT2PDF.cmd

FORFILES /M *.txt /C "cmd /c if @isdir==FALSE write.exe /pt @file \"Microsoft Print to PDF\" \"Microsoft Print to PDF\" \"@file.pdf\""

However as plain text it will be left set default size courier font so for Arial 8 point you need to save as rich text, which is easy enough if you want to style the contents for centering justify colour mixed fonts etc.