extract-pdf-title-from-all-files

# py PDF renamer
# modified script in order to rename files with titles
# pyPdf available at http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/
# http://blog.isnotworking.com/2006/08/extract-pdf-title-from-all-files-on.html

from pyPdf import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader
import os

for fileName in os.listdir('.'):
  try:
    if fileName.lower()[-3:] != "pdf": continue
    input1 = PdfFileReader(file(fileName, "rb"))
    os.rename(fileName,input1.getDocumentInfo().title + ".pdf")
  except:
    try:
      print '##1', fileName, '##2', input1.getDocumentInfo().title
    except: print '(no title error)'