Python - Split PDF into single page SVG files by shelling Inkscape

So if you have been the last few posts you know I want to get data out of a PDF file (in this case a Bank of England Inflation Report). The python library PyPDF2 is good and will split a pdf into separate pages. No doubt, PyPDF2 will do a ton of other stuff to manipulate pdf files. However, I find the pdf file format is difficult to understand which limits how much I want to use a pdf python library. Instead, I have found that Inkscape converts PDFs to SVGs and that we can automate this on the command line.

This means I am in a position to give the latest version of a program which breaks up a PDF file into separate SVG files for each page. (You'll need Inkscape installed). Here it is...

# with thanks to user26294 at Stack Overflow
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/490195/split-a-multi-page-pdf-file-into-multiple-pdf-files-with-python#answer-490203

from PyPDF2 import PdfFileWriter, PdfFileReader

def DecryptPdf(pdfFileReader,password):
    if pdfFileReader.isEncrypted:
        try:
            pdfFileReader.decrypt(password)
            print ('File decrypted')
        except Exception as e:
            print ('File decryption failed:' + str(e))
    else:
        print ('File not enrypted')

def SuffixFilename(fileName, suffix):
    import os.path
    filePath = os.path.split(fileName)
    
    filePath2 = filePath[1].split('.')
    return  filePath[0] + '\' +filePath2[0] + suffix + '.' + filePath2[1]


def OutputPage(pdfFileNameSrc,pdfFileNamePage, pageNum):
    pdfFileSrc = open(pdfFileNameSrc, "rb")
    pdfFileReaderSrc = PdfFileReader(pdfFileSrc)
    DecryptPdf(pdfFileReaderSrc,'')
    
    pageOutput = PdfFileWriter()
    pageOutput.addPage(pdfFileReaderSrc.getPage(pageNum))

    with open(pdfFileNamePage, "wb") as outputStream:
        pageOutput.write(outputStream)
        print('written page%s' % pageNum)
        outputStream.close 
    pdfFileSrc.close #tidy up
    

def InkscapePdfToSvg(pdfFileName):
    import subprocess 
    svgFileName=pdfFileName.replace(".pdf",".svg")
    
    completed = subprocess.run(['c:/Progra~1/Inkscape/Inkscape.exe',
            '-z', 
            '-f', pdfFileName , 
            '-l', svgFileName])

    return svgFileName


if __name__ == "__main__": 

    pdfFileNameInflation = "C:\Users\Simon\Downloads\pdf_skunkworks\inflation-report-may-2018.pdf"
    pdfFileInflation = open(pdfFileNameInflation, "rb")

    pdfFileReaderInflation = PdfFileReader(pdfFileInflation)

    DecryptPdf(pdfFileReaderInflation,'')
    pageCount = pdfFileReaderInflation.numPages

    for i in range(pageCount):
        pdfFileNamePage=SuffixFilename(pdfFileNameInflation,"-page%s" % i)
        
        OutputPage(pdfFileNameInflation,pdfFileNamePage,i)
        print (InkscapePdfToSvg(pdfFileNamePage))