render_pdfs.py

import pypdfium2 as pdfium
import os

# Directory containing PDFs
pdf_dir = './pdf_downloads'
# Directory to store images
image_dir = './pdf_images'
os.makedirs(image_dir, exist_ok=True)

# Process each PDF
for pdf_file in os.listdir(pdf_dir):
    if pdf_file.endswith('.pdf'):
        pdf_path = os.path.join(pdf_dir, pdf_file)
        image_path = os.path.join(image_dir, pdf_file.replace('.pdf', '.jpg'))

        # Open the PDF
        print(f"Attempting to convert {pdf_path}")
        try:
            pdf = pdfium.PdfDocument(pdf_path)
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Unable to convert {pdf_path} due to {e}")

            

        # Get just the first page
        page = pdf[0]
        image = page.render(scale=4).to_pil()

        # Save the rendered page as a JPEG image
        image.save(image_path, 'JPEG')

        print(f"Converted {pdf_path} to {image_path}")