How To Read A PDF File With Tkinter – Python Tkinter GUI Tutorial #143

In this video I’ll show you how to read a simple PDF file with TKinter.

We’ll open the PDF file using PyPDF2, and read it into a Tkinter Text() widget. Reading simple pdf files with Python is pretty easy, it only gets more complicated when the pdf files start using images and input fields and things like that 😉

Python Code: read_pdf.py
(Github Code)

from tkinter import *
import PyPDF2
from tkinter import filedialog

root = Tk()
root.title('Codemy.com - Read PDF!')
root.iconbitmap('c:/gui/codemy.ico')
root.geometry("500x500")

# Create a textbox
my_text = Text(root, height=30, width=60)
my_text.pack(pady=10)

# Clear the textbox
def clear_text_box():
	my_text.delete(1.0, END)

# Open our pdf file
def open_pdf():
	# Grab the filename of the pdf file
	open_file = filedialog.askopenfilename(
		initialdir="C:/gui/",
		title="Open PDF File",
		filetypes=(
			("PDF Files", "*.pdf"),
			("All Files", "*.*")))

	# Check to see if there is a file
	if open_file:
		# Open the pdf file
		pdf_file = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader(open_file)
		# Set the page to read
		page = pdf_file.getPage(0)
		# Extract the text from the pdf file
		page_stuff = page.extractText()

		# Add text to textbox
		my_text.insert(1.0, page_stuff)

#Create A Menu
my_menu = Menu(root)
root.config(menu=my_menu)

# Add some dropdown menus
file_menu = Menu(my_menu, tearoff=False)
my_menu.add_cascade(label="File", menu=file_menu)
file_menu.add_command(label="Open", command=open_pdf)
file_menu.add_command(label="Clear", command=clear_text_box)
file_menu.add_separator()
file_menu.add_command(label="Exit", command=root.quit)



root.mainloop()