import subprocess def user_printing_path(instance, filename): """ Defines the path where will be uploaded the files Currently MEDIA_ROOT/printings/user_/ """ # File will be uploaded to MEDIA_ROOT/printings/user_/ return 'printings/user_{0}/{1}'.format(instance.user.id, filename) def pdfinfo(file_path): """ Uses pdfinfo to extract the PDF meta information. Returns metainfo in a dictionary. requires poppler-utils """ def _extract(row): """Extracts the right hand value from a : delimited row""" row=row.decode() return row.split(':', 1)[1].strip() output = {} labels = ['Title', 'Author', 'Creator', 'Producer', 'CreationDate', 'ModDate', 'Tagged', 'Pages', 'Encrypted', 'Page size', 'File size', 'Optimized', 'PDF version'] cmd_output = subprocess.check_output(['/usr/bin/pdfinfo', file_path]) for line in cmd_output.splitlines(): for label in labels: if label in line.decode(): output[label] = _extract(line) return output