🔒 Replacing text in PDF

[vital urchin]

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[eternal loom]

I don't precisely know how it works but, if it can keep the same font and styling it would be perfect, but I don't have the best idea on how PDF manipulation works

import fitz  # PyMuPDF

def replace_text_in_pdf(pdf_path, old_text, new_text):
    # Open the original PDF in read mode
    doc = fitz.open(pdf_path)
    for page in doc:
        text_instances = page.search_for(old_text)
        for inst in text_instances:
            # Get the rectangle coordinates of the text instance
            x0, y0, x1, y1 = inst
            # Insert the new text at the same position
            page.insert_text((x0, y0), new_text)
    # Save the modified PDF with a new filename
    modified_pdf_path = pdf_path.replace('.pdf', '_modified.pdf')
    doc.save(modified_pdf_path)
    doc.close()
    return modified_pdf_path

pdf_path = 'certificate.pdf'
old_text = '[NAME]'
new_text = 'John Doe'
modified_pdf_path = replace_text_in_pdf(pdf_path, old_text, new_text)
print("Modified PDF saved to:", modified_pdf_path)

I have this but, I've not managed to get it perfect yet. It works but, doesn't replace it adds

I've only found a way to insert

[vital urchin]

@eternal loom

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🔒 Replacing text in PDF