Stamps a confirmation statement into PDF treatment reports.
The text is inserted on page 1 at a fixed position defined in config.json.
- Node.js v16+ (tested on v24) — download the LTS installer from https://nodejs.org and run it with default settings
- Internet access on the first run only (to download
pdf-lib)
- Place PDF reports in
input/ - Double-click
run.bat - Pick up the results from
output/
Originals in input/ are never modified.
Or from the command line:
node add_statement.js # all PDFs in input/
node add_statement.js path/to/report.pdf # specific fileThe repo includes a sample PDF in input/example1.pdf and the corresponding output in output/example1_with_statement.pdf so you can see the result without running anything.
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
input_dir | Directory to scan for PDFs (default: ./input) |
output_dir | Directory for processed PDFs (default: ./output) |
statement | Text to stamp. Use \n for paragraph breaks. Wrap text in **double asterisks** to make it bold. |
font_size | Font size in points (default: 9) |
text_color_rgb | RGB colour [r, g, b], values 0–1 |
left_margin_pts / right_margin_pts | Horizontal margins in points |
insert_y_from_top_pts | Distance from page top to first line of text (A4 = 842 pt tall) |
line_height_multiplier | Line spacing relative to font size (default: 1.4) |
paragraph_gap_multiplier | Extra space between paragraphs (default: 0.8) |
output_suffix | Suffix appended to output filenames (default: _with_statement) |