feat(pdf): add form field detection, fill, and flatten

Adds pdfGetFormFields (lists AcroForm fields with name/type/value) and
pdfFillForm (fills text fields by name, optionally flattens) to
PDFOperations.js, dispatched via 'formFields'/'fillForm' in
executeOperation. pdfFillForm skips unknown/non-text fields per-field
(logs + continues) rather than failing the whole batch, matching the
partial-success precedent set by pdfExtractImages.

Wires a "Fill Form" entry into the PDF editor dialog: selecting a PDF
fetches its fields via a new get-pdf-form-fields/pdf-form-fields IPC
round trip and renders one text input per field, plus a flatten
checkbox, following the same structure as the crop/pageNumbers dialogs.

Amit Haridas
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@@ -230,3 +230,158 @@ describe('PDFOperations - Task 15 new operations', () => {
});
});
});
describe('PDFOperations - Task 16 form field fill/flatten', () => {
let tmpDir, plainInputPath;
beforeEach(async () => {
tmpDir = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'pdfops_form_'));
plainInputPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'plain.pdf');
const doc = await PDFDocument.create();
doc.addPage([600, 800]);
fs.writeFileSync(plainInputPath, await doc.save());
});
afterEach(() => {
fs.rmSync(tmpDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
});
// Builds a fixture PDF with a real AcroForm text field via pdf-lib's
// form.createTextField() API, mirroring pdf-lib's documented form-creation flow.
async function buildFormPdf(fileName, initialValue = 'John Doe') {
const doc = await PDFDocument.create();
const page = doc.addPage([600, 800]);
const form = doc.getForm();
const nameField = form.createTextField('name');
nameField.setText(initialValue);
nameField.addToPage(page, { x: 50, y: 700, width: 200, height: 20 });
const filePath = path.join(tmpDir, fileName);
fs.writeFileSync(filePath, await doc.save());
return filePath;
}
describe('pdfGetFormFields', () => {
it('lists text fields with name, type, and current value', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', 'John Doe');
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfGetFormFields({ inputPath: formPath });
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.fields).toEqual([{ name: 'name', type: 'PDFTextField', value: 'John Doe' }]);
});
it('returns an empty fields array for a PDF with no AcroForm', async () => {
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfGetFormFields({ inputPath: plainInputPath });
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.fields).toEqual([]);
});
it('returns failure for a nonexistent file', async () => {
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfGetFormFields({
inputPath: path.join(tmpDir, 'missing.pdf'),
});
expect(result.success).toBe(false);
expect(result.error).toBeTruthy();
});
});
describe('pdfFillForm', () => {
it('fills a text field with the given value', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', '');
const outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'filled.pdf');
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfFillForm({
inputPath: formPath,
outputPath,
values: { name: 'Jane Smith' },
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(fs.existsSync(outputPath)).toBe(true);
const filled = await PDFDocument.load(fs.readFileSync(outputPath));
expect(filled.getForm().getTextField('name').getText()).toBe('Jane Smith');
});
it('flattens the form when flatten is true, removing editable fields', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', '');
const outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'flattened.pdf');
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfFillForm({
inputPath: formPath,
outputPath,
values: { name: 'Jane Smith' },
flatten: true,
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
const flattened = await PDFDocument.load(fs.readFileSync(outputPath));
expect(flattened.getForm().getFields().length).toBe(0);
});
it('does not flatten when flatten is false/omitted', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', '');
const outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'not-flattened.pdf');
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfFillForm({
inputPath: formPath,
outputPath,
values: { name: 'Jane Smith' },
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
const notFlattened = await PDFDocument.load(fs.readFileSync(outputPath));
expect(notFlattened.getForm().getFields().length).toBe(1);
});
it('skips a value for a field that does not exist, continuing with the rest', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', '');
const outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'filled-partial.pdf');
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfFillForm({
inputPath: formPath,
outputPath,
values: { name: 'Jane Smith', doesNotExist: 'whatever' },
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
const filled = await PDFDocument.load(fs.readFileSync(outputPath));
expect(filled.getForm().getTextField('name').getText()).toBe('Jane Smith');
});
it('returns failure for a nonexistent input file', async () => {
const result = await PDFOperations.pdfFillForm({
inputPath: path.join(tmpDir, 'missing.pdf'),
outputPath: path.join(tmpDir, 'out.pdf'),
values: { name: 'X' },
});
expect(result.success).toBe(false);
expect(result.error).toBeTruthy();
});
});
describe('executeOperation dispatch', () => {
it('dispatches formFields', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', 'John Doe');
const result = await PDFOperations.executeOperation('formFields', { inputPath: formPath });
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
expect(result.fields.length).toBe(1);
});
it('dispatches fillForm', async () => {
const formPath = await buildFormPdf('form.pdf', '');
const outputPath = path.join(tmpDir, 'dispatch-filled.pdf');
const result = await PDFOperations.executeOperation('fillForm', {
inputPath: formPath,
outputPath,
values: { name: 'Dispatch Test' },
});
expect(result.success).toBe(true);
});
});
});