Task: batch fill PDFs based on csv file data
Tools: PDFescape is used to create and name fields to be filled out in PDF
PDFtk is a PDF toolkit that is used to populate the fields
https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/
The download link on the website for MacOS is buggy Use updated link below for download
https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/pdftk_server-2.02-mac_osx-10.11-setup.pkg
fdf files contain the field data used to populate PDFs fdfgen is used to generate the fdf file
https://github.com/ccnmtl/fdfgen
Resources:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1890570/how-can-i-auto-populate-a-pdf-form-in-django-python
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10476265/batch-fill-pdf-forms-from-python-or-bash