Low-level Interface

Low-level library function to fill pdf forms.

Note

This function returns a generator.

If you don’t iterate the results, it won’t do anything.

pdfforms.fill.fill_forms(prefix, field_defs, data, flatten=True)

Fill pdf forms.

Parameters

  • prefix (str) – prefix for saving filled pdf files

  • field_defs – field definitions dictionary loaded from fields.json file

  • data (Mapping[str, Mapping[str, str]]) – a mapping of <pdfpath> -> (mapping of <field num> -> <data value>)

  • flatten (bool) – flatten output pdf files

Returns

a generator of filled form file names. Be sure to iterate it or nothing will happen.

Return type

Iterator[str]