In order to do this, you need the Python module PyPDF2.

You install it with

pip3 install PyPDF2

Then it is important for this code here, you have the version

PyPDF2 Version 3.0.1

If not then you have to update the module because the programmer of the tool has changed a command within the module

• PdfFileReader ➔ PdfReader

In the foreign version the command PdfFileReader was the correct command but now in version 3.0.1 the command PdfReader is the correct one, otherwise this script does not work.

You check whether there is a new version of your module with this command:

pip3 list –outdated

You update the module with this command:

pip3 install –upgrade PyPDF2

Now the script:

from PyPDF2 import PdfReader

reader = PdfReader("PDF/Nachrichten/2024/Anfang_Dezember_2024.pdf")

totalPages = len(reader.pages)

print(f"The pdf has {totalPages} pages")

You see that the script also works not in the current file location.

My own video to this script, in my own YouTube channel: