PDF Tools

Full-lifecycle PDF engineering covering extraction, generation, modification, form filling, and security. Prioritizes JavaScript-first solutions (pdf-lib, unpdf, Puppeteer) with Python/CLI utilities for advanced scenarios.

When to use: Extracting structured data from PDFs, generating pixel-perfect PDFs from HTML/React, modifying existing PDFs, filling forms (fillable or non-fillable), or securing documents with encryption.

When NOT to use: Simple text file processing, image-only manipulation without PDF context, or tasks better handled by a word processor.

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