# PDFx v1.0 - Extract metadata and URLs from PDFs, and download all referenced PDFs

DevFeed: [PDFx v1.0 - Extract metadata and URLs from PDFs, and download all referenced PDFs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/pdfx-v1-0-extract-metadata-and-urls-from-pdfs-and-download-all-referenced-pdfs-31826.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metachris.dev/2015/10/pdfx-extract-metadata-and-download-references-from-pdfs/>)

Author: Chris Hager

Published: 2015-10-26T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Chris Hager](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chris-hager.md>)

Topics: [pdf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pdf.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tool.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

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## AI overview

The article announces PDFx 1.0, a Python tool and library that extracts metadata and URLs from PDFs and can automatically download referenced PDFs. It describes local and online PDF support, command-line and Python-package usage, Python 2 and 3 compatibility, and Apache licensing.

## Source excerpt

I just released PDFx version 1.0, a Python tool and library to extract metadata and URLs from PDFs, and to automatically download all referenced PDFs. The project is released under the Apache license with the source code on Github! Features Extract metadata and PDF URLs from a given PDF (file or URL) Download all PDFs referenced in the original PDF Works with local and online pdfs Use as command-line tool or Python package Compatible with Python 2 and 3 Quick Start Grab a copy of pdfx with easy_install or pip and run it: