copy graphic elements but not text

[lbr991]

I'd like to to copy the graphic elements of a pdf page by page (let's say a banner or background image etc), but without the text.
Is there a way to do this?

[JorjMcKie]

This is possible - at least mostly.
If the desired object is an image, this is particularly easy:

1. identify the image's xref and its bbox
2. Use page.insert_image(bbox, xref=xref, overlay=False)

If it is a drawing (vector graphics), things are more difficult. You first must find a way to identify the object. It will generally be a sublist of page.get_drawings(). Once identified, just re-execute the draw commands contained in the sublist of paths.

If it is text, then things are similar as with vector graphics.
So much for now ...