super simple json dump of form fields

views/editor.py

@@ -1,11 +1,40 @@
 from django.views.generic import View
 from django.http import HttpResponse
-
+from django.utils import simplejson
+import poppler
+import os
 
 class PDFFormFillerEditorView(View):
     def get(self, request, pdf=""):
 
+        doc = poppler.document_new_from_file('file:///home/mark/Bedraga.pdf', password=None)
+        json = simplejson.dumps(list(self.get_fields(doc, 0)))
 
-        return HttpResponse("response from editor view %s" % pdf)
+        return HttpResponse("response from editor view %s" % json)
+
+
+    def load_poppler_doc(self, filename):
+        from django.conf import settings
+
+        pdf_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(settings.STATIC_FORMS_ROOT, filename))
+        if os.path.isfile(pdf_path):
+            return poppler.document_new_from_file('file://' + pdf_path, password=None)
+
+    def get_fields(self, poppler_doc, page):
+        fields = poppler_doc.get_page(page).get_form_field_mapping()
+
+        for field in fields:
+            field_area = field.area
+            field_data = field.field
+
+            yield {
+                'name': field_data.get_name(),
+                'area': {
+                    'x1': field_area.x1,
+                    'x2': field_area.x2,
+                    'y1': field_area.y1,
+                    'y2': field_area.y2,
+                }
+            }