Add PDF split and merge example

Author: Laurynas Butkus

examples/split_and_merge_pdf.py

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+import convertapi
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+convertapi.api_secret = os.environ['CONVERT_API_SECRET'] # your api secret
+
+# Example of extracting first and last pages from PDF and then merging them back to new PDF.
+# https://www.convertapi.com/pdf-to-split
+# https://www.convertapi.com/pdf-to-merge
+
+split_result = convertapi.convert('split', { 'File': 'files/test.pdf' })
+
+first_page = split_result.files[0]
+last_page = split_result.files[-1]
+files = [first_page, last_page]
+
+merge_result = convertapi.convert('merge', { 'Files': files })
+
+saved_files = merge_result.save_files(tempfile.gettempdir())
+
+print("The thumbnail saved to %s" % saved_files)