remove all image from pdf file, python source code

input

output

PyMuPDF is needed

pip install PyMuPDF

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def remove_img_on_pdf(idoc, page):

#image list

img_list = idoc.getPageImageList(page)

con_list = idoc[page]._getContents()

# xref 274 is the only /Contents object of the page (could be

for i in con_list:

c = idoc._getXrefStream(i) # read the stream source

#print(c)

if c != None:

for v in img_list:

arr = bytes(v[7], 'utf-8')

r = c.find(arr) # try find the image display command

if r != -1:

cnew = c.replace(arr, b"")

idoc._updateStream(i, cnew)

c = idoc._getXrefStream(i)

return idoc

doc=fitz.open('example.PDF')

rdoc = remove_img_on_pdf(doc, 0) #first page

rdoc.save('no_img_example.PDF')

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reference : https://github.com/pymupdf/PyMuPDF/issues/338