PyPDF2 1.27.0

Version 1.27.0

on Python PyPI

Features

• Add alpha channel support for png files in Script (#614)

Bug fixes (BUG)

• Fix formatWarning for filename without slash (#612)
• Add whitespace between words for extractText() (#569, #334)
• "invalid escape sequence" SyntaxError (#522)
• Avoid error when printing warning in pythonw (#486)
• Stream operations can be List or Dict (#665)

Documentation (DOC)

• Added Scripts/pdf-image-extractor.py
• Documentation improvements (#550, #538, #324, #426, #394)

Tests and Test setup (TST)

• Add Github Action which automatically run unit tests via pytest and
  static code analysis with Flake8 (#660)
• Add several unit tests (#661, #663)
• Add .coveragerc to create coverage reports

Developer Experience Improvements (DEV)

• Pre commit: Developers can now pre-commit install to avoid tiny issues
  like trailing whitespaces

Miscallenious

• Add the LICENSE file to the distributed packages (#288)
• Use setuptools instead of distutils (#599)
• Improvements for the PyPI page (#644)
• Python 3 changes (#504, #366)

You can see the full changelog at: 1.26.0...1.27.0