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[nodejs] Extract first page of a PDF using pdf-lib

const { PDFDocument } = require('pdf-lib')

// file = { fileName: 'test1.pdf, content: arraybuffer }     

const originalPdf = await PDFDocument.load(file.content, { ignoreEncryption: true })
const newPdf = await PDFDocument.create()
const [firstPage] = await newPdf.copyPages(originalPdf, [0]) // <-- 0 is the first page
newPdf.addPage(firstPage)
const firstPagePdf = await newPdf.save()

file.content = Buffer.from(firstPagePdf)

[nodejs] Merge PDFs using pdf-lib

https://github.com/Hopding/pdf-lib

const { PDFDocument } = require('pdf-lib')

// files = [{ fileName: 'test1.pdf, content: arraybuffer },{ fileName: 'test2.pdf, content: arraybuffer }]

mergePdfs: async function (files) {
        try {
            const mergedPdf = await PDFDocument.create()

            for (let file of files) {
                const pdf = await PDFDocument.load(file.content)
                const copiedPages = await mergedPdf.copyPages(pdf, pdf.getPageIndices())
                copiedPages.forEach((page) => mergedPdf.addPage(page))
            }

            const mergedPdfFile = await mergedPdf.save()
            const buffer = Buffer.from(mergedPdfFile)
            return await buffer.toString('base64') // return as buffer or base64 encoded file
        } catch (err) {
            console.error(err.message)
        }
}