Depending on your needs, Scribus might help with it's scripting API[1], see ScribusGenerator[2] for example. Scribus and inkscape can import pdfs but it would

Depending on your needs, Scribus might help with it's scripting API[1], see ScribusGenerator[2] for example. Scribus and inkscape can import pdfs but it would be preferable to use a clean "source" format, pdf is AFAIK meant for output, like lossy compressed images. [1] https://impagina.org/scribus-scripter-api/ https://impagina.org/scribus-scripter-api/ [2] https://berteh.github.io/ScribusGenerator/ https://berteh.github.io/ScribusGenerator/