A user-friendly Python application that automatically downloads and merges actuarial exam papers from the Institute of Actuaries of India website.

• 📅 Custom Date Range: Select any date range (e.g., Jun 2005 to Sep 2018)
• 📚 All Subjects: Choose from 40+ available subjects (ST, SP, CT, CP, CM, CS, CB, SA, CA)
• 🔄 Auto-Merge: Downloads and merges question papers + solutions into one PDF
• 📊 Organized: PDFs are sorted in decreasing chronological order
• 🎯 User-Friendly: Interactive menu-driven interface
• ✅ Validation: Checks PDF integrity and skips corrupt files
• 📁 Clean Output: Organized folder structure with timestamps

• Python 3.7 or higher
• Internet connection

1. Download or Clone this repository

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd PdfMerger

2. Run the setup script (automatically installs dependencies)

   python app.py

   The first run will automatically install required packages if missing.

1. Install Python dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Run the application

   python app.py

python app.py

📅 DATE RANGE SELECTION:
Please enter the date range (format: MMM YYYY)
Examples: 'Jun 2005', 'Sep 2018', 'May 2025'

Enter START date (e.g., 'Jun 2005'): Jun 2005
Enter END date (e.g., 'Sep 2018'): Sep 2018

The application will show all available subjects organized by category:

📚 SUBJECT SELECTION:
Available subjects:

📖 Core Principles (CP):
   1. CP1A - Actuarial Practice
   2. CP1B - Actuarial Practice
   3. CP2A - Actuarial Modelling

📖 Specialist Technical (ST):
  15. ST1 - Health and Care Insurance
  16. ST2 - Life Insurance
  17. ST6 - Finance and Investment B

Select subject (1-45): 17

The application will:

• Find all available sessions in your date range
• Download question papers and solutions
• Merge everything into one PDF file
• Show progress with real-time updates

🎉 SUCCESS! Your merged PDF is ready:
📄 File: Actuaries_ST6_Jun2005_to_Sep2018_Merged.pdf
📍 Location: D:\PdfMerger\downloads\session_20241205_143022\Actuaries_ST6_Jun2005_to_Sep2018_Merged.pdf
📊 Total PDFs merged: 54
📚 Subject: ST6 - Finance and Investment B
📅 Date range: Jun 2005 to Sep 2018

downloads/
├── session_20241205_143022/          # Timestamped session folder
│   ├── individuals/                  # Individual PDF files
│   │   ├── June_2005_Question.pdf
│   │   ├── June_2005_Solution.pdf
│   │   ├── November_2005_Question.pdf
│   │   └── ...
│   └── Actuaries_ST6_Jun2005_to_Sep2018_Merged.pdf  # Final merged PDF

# Get all ST-6 papers for preparation
Start: Jun 2005
End: Sep 2018
Subject: ST6 - Finance and Investment B

# Get recent SP-6 papers
Start: Jun 2019
End: May 2025
Subject: SP6 - Financial Derivatives

# Get all CT-1 papers ever available
Start: Nov 2005
End: Nov 2024
Subject: CT1 - Financial Mathematics

The application supports all subjects available on the Actuaries India website:

Core Subjects:

• CP (Core Principles): Actuarial Practice, Actuarial Modelling, Communication
• CM (Core Mathematics): Actuarial Mathematics, Financial Engineering
• CS (Core Statistics): Actuarial Statistics, Risk Modelling
• CB (Core Business): Business Finance, Business Economics, Business Management

Specialist Subjects:

• ST (Specialist Technical): Health Insurance, Life Insurance, General Insurance, Pensions, Finance & Investment
• SP (Specialist Principles): Health & Care, Life Insurance, Pensions, Investment & Finance, Financial Derivatives, General Insurance
• SA (Specialist Advanced): Advanced versions of specialist subjects

Legacy Subjects:

• CT (Core Technical): Financial Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, Models, Economics
• CA (Core Applications): Risk Management, Communications

1. Internet Required: Application downloads files from actuariesindia.org
2. Large Downloads: Some date ranges may result in 100+ MB downloads
3. Processing Time: Larger ranges take more time (typically 1-5 minutes)
4. PDF Validation: Corrupt PDFs are automatically skipped
5. Respectful Usage: Application includes reasonable delays between requests

"No PDFs found in the specified date range"

• Check if the website has papers for those dates
• Try a broader date range
• Verify subject availability for that time period

"SSL Certificate Error"

• The application handles this automatically
• If issues persist, check your internet connection

"Module not found" errors

• Run: pip install -r requirements.txt
• Make sure Python 3.7+ is installed

Slow downloads

• Normal for large date ranges
• Application shows progress bars
• Can be interrupted with Ctrl+C

Automatically installed dependencies:

• requests - For web scraping
• beautifulsoup4 - For parsing HTML
• PyPDF2 - For PDF operations
• tqdm - For progress bars
• python-dateutil - For date parsing

Feel free to:

• Report bugs or issues
• Suggest new features
• Submit improvements
• Share with fellow actuaries

This project is for educational purposes. Please respect the Institute of Actuaries of India's terms of service.

• Institute of Actuaries of India for providing question papers
• Python community for excellent libraries
• Fellow actuaries who inspired this tool

Happy studying! 📚✨

Made with ❤️ for the actuarial community