utils.py

import subprocess

def get_pdf_page_count(pdf_path):
    try:
        # Running pdfinfo command to get information about the PDF
        result = subprocess.run(['pdfinfo', pdf_path], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
        # Parsing the output to find the line with the number of pages
        for line in result.stdout.split('\n'):
            if 'Pages:' in line:
                return int(line.split(':')[1].strip())
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
        return None