Read Form Field Data from a PDF using Python - Quick Start

Learn how to quickly read form data from a PDF with fillable form fields using python. This process uses the PyPDF2 library. In short:
Step 1: Install pypdf2
pip install pypdf2
Step 2: Import Libraries
import PyPDF2
from PyPDF2 import PdfReader
Step 3: Open pdf and create PdfReader object.
path = '/Users/user/Downloads/euc-hockey-form-filled.pdf'
pdf = open(path, 'rb')
reader = PyPDF2.PdfReader(pdf)
Step 4: Create a dict with the form fields and thier values:
form_fields = reader.get_fields()
Step 5: Access the field data:
for field_name, field_data in form_fields.items():
field_values[field_name] = field_data.get('/V', None)

[@MaurizioMondello]

Thanks, this was useful. One minor point is that I would think the reader should be redefined within the extract_forms_value function as path/file will change.

[@GianlucaCassol-jz4ek]

You saved my life. Thank you!!!

[@ArjunYadav-np4fh]

Great work

[@alejandrosuarez9565]

Hello, thank you for this video. Could you possibly make a video exporting this output to a csv/excel file?

[@fakrifarid4434]

Hi Sir, can i get the PDF file ?