Build a PDF Page Extractor with Python
Level: Beginner
Your task for today is to create a script that extracts specific pages from a PDF file and saves them as a new PDF document.
Project Task
Create a PDF page extractor that:
Uses the PyPDF2 library to work with PDF files
Opens an existing PDF file
Allows users to specify which pages to extract (e.g., pages 1, 3, 5)
Creates a new PDF containing only the selected pages
Saves the extracted pages to a new PDF file
Displays confirmation messages during the process
This project gives you hands-on practice with PDF manipulation, file handling, and document processing — essential skills for automating document workflows.
You can use this sample PDF for this:
Expected Output
Here is the interaction of the program. The user chooses to extract page 1 and 3.
And here is the output:
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Skeleton and Solution
Below you will find both a downloadable skeleton.py file to help you code the project with comment guides and the downloadable solution.py file containing the correct solution.
Get the code skeleton here:
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