One of the complaints many people who learned the basics of Python programming is finding the available resources to learn how to build a complete program or an application. In this tutorial, I will be showing how to build a PDF Files Merge Desktop Application using Python and PyQt5 framework, and as well as how to package the application into an executable program so you can distribute to other users.

Before diving into the development, makes sure you install PyQt5 (pip install PyQt5) and PyInstaller libraries (pip install pyinstaller).

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Source Code:

import sys, os, io
if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
os.environ['PATH'] = sys._MEIPASS + ";" + os.environ['PATH']
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget, QLabel, QLineEdit, QPushButton, QListWidget, \
QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QGridLayout, \
QDialog, QFileDialog, QMessageBox, QAbstractItemView
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QUrl
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon
from PyPDF2 import PdfMerger

def resource_path(relative_path):
try:
base_path = sys._MEIPASS
except Exception:
base_path = os.path.abspath(".")

return os.path.join(base_path, relative_path)

class ListWidget(QListWidget):
def __init__(self, parent=None):
super().__init__(parent=None)
self.setAcceptDrops(True)
self.setStyleSheet('''font-size:25px''')
self.setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView.InternalMove)
self.setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView.ExtendedSelection)

def dragEnterEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.accept()
else:
return super().dragEnterEvent(event) # return to the original event state

def dragMoveEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
else:
return super().dragMoveEvent(event) # return to the original event state

def dropEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls():
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()

pdfFiles = []

for url in event.mimeData().urls():
if url.isLocalFile():
if url.toString().endswith('.pdf'):
pdfFiles.append(str(url.toLocalFile()))
self.addItems(pdfFiles)
else:
return super().dropEvent(event) # return to the original event state

class output_field(QLineEdit):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
# self.setMinimumHeight(50)
self.height = 55
self.setStyleSheet('''font-size: 30px;''')

self.setFixedHeight(self.height)

def dragEnterEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls:
event.accept()
else:
event.ignore()

def dragMoveEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls:
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()
else:
event.ignore()

def dropEvent(self, event):
if event.mimeData().hasUrls:
event.setDropAction(Qt.CopyAction)
event.accept()

if event.mimeData().urls():
self.setText(event.mimeData().urls()[0].toLocalFile())
else:
event.ignore()

class button(QPushButton):
def __init__(self, label_text):
super().__init__()
self.setText(label_text)
self.setStyleSheet('''
font-size: 30px;
width: 180px;
height: 50;
''')

class AppDemo(QWidget):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.setWindowTitle('PDF Files Merge Utility')
self.setWindowIcon(QIcon(resource_path(r'PDF.ico')))
self.resize(1800, 800)
self.initUI()

self.buttonBrowseOutputFile.clicked.connect(self.populateFileName)

def initUI(self):
mainLayout = QVBoxLayout()
outputFolderRow = QHBoxLayout()
buttonLayout = QHBoxLayout()

self.outputFile = output_field()
outputFolderRow.addWidget(self.outputFile)

# browse button
self.buttonBrowseOutputFile = button('&Save To')
self.buttonBrowseOutputFile.setFixedHeight(self.outputFile.height)
outputFolderRow.addWidget(self.buttonBrowseOutputFile)

self.pdfListWidget = ListWidget(self)

"""
Buttons
"""
self.buttonDeleteSelect = button('&Delete')
self.buttonDeleteSelect.clicked.connect(self.deleteSelected)
buttonLayout.addWidget(self.buttonDeleteSelect, 1, Qt.AlignRight)

self.buttonMerge = button('&Merge')
# buttonMerge.setIcon(QIcon('./Icons/play.ico'))
self.buttonMerge.clicked.connect(self.mergeFile)
buttonLayout.addWidget(self.buttonMerge)

self.buttonClose = button('&Close')
self.buttonClose.clicked.connect(QApplication.quit)
buttonLayout.addWidget(self.buttonClose)

# reset button
self.buttonReset = button('&Reset')
self.buttonReset.clicked.connect(self.clearQueue)
buttonLayout.addWidget(self.buttonReset)

mainLayout.addLayout(outputFolderRow)
mainLayout.addWidget(self.pdfListWidget)
mainLayout.addLayout(buttonLayout)

self.setLayout(mainLayout)

def deleteSelected(self):
for item in self.pdfListWidget.selectedItems():
self.pdfListWidget.takeItem(self.pdfListWidget.row(item))

def clearQueue(self):
self.pdfListWidget.clear()
self.outputFile.setText('')

def populateFileName(self):
path = self._getSaveFilePath()
if path:
self.outputFile.setText(path)

def dialogMessage(self, message):
dlg = QMessageBox(self)
dlg.setWindowTitle('PDF Manager')
dlg.setIcon(QMessageBox.Information)
dlg.setText(message)
dlg.show()

def _getSaveFilePath(self):
file_save_path, _ = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, 'Save PDF file', os.getcwd(), 'PDF file (*.pdf)')
return file_save_path

def mergeFile(self):
if not self.outputFile.text():
# self.dialogMessage('Save File directory is empty')
self.populateFileName()
return

if self.pdfListWidget.count() > 0:
pdfMerger = PdfFileMerger()

try:
for i in range(self.pdfListWidget.count()):
# print(self.pdfListWidget.item(i).text())
pdfMerger.append(self.pdfListWidget.item(i).text())

pdfMerger.write(self.outputFile.text())
pdfMerger.close()

self.pdfListWidget.clear()
self.dialogMessage('PDF merge complete.')

except Exception as e:
self.dialogMessage(e)
else:
self.dialogMessage('Queue is empty')

if __name__ == '__main__':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
app.setStyle("fusion")
app.setAttribute(Qt.AA_EnableHighDpiScaling, True)

demo = AppDemo()
demo.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())