PDF Get Page Count

PDF Get Page Count

Type: pdf-get-page-count  ·  Package: PDF Activities v1.2.4  ·  Output: int

Returns the total number of pages of a PDF. Useful to go through the document page by page or to check it has the expected number of pages.

How it works

Opens the PDF for reading and returns how many pages it has. It works the same with scanned PDFs (no text layer needed). It doesn’t modify the file.

Required parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
path	string	—	Path of the PDF file.

Optional parameters

None.

Output

Returns an int with the number of pages.

Common errors

Message	Cause and fix
File not found.	The path doesn’t exist.
'path' is required.	path was left empty or its expression returned null.
PDF library error when opening the file	Password-protected, damaged or not a PDF. See Protected and damaged PDFs.

Example

PDF Get Page Count   path = filePath   → output: pages
If   condition = pages > 50
 └─ then:
      Log   level = warning   message = "The document has " + pages + " pages"

Related activities

• PDF Get Text (Page) — go through each page.
• PDF Get Metadata — more data about the document (it also includes PageCount).