[Python] How can I insert an image with a clickable hyperlink on the first page of a PDF using...

I'm trying to programmatically add a clickable image icon to the top-left corner of the first page of a PDF file using Python. I want the icon to link to a URL.

what I tried using reportlab and PyPDF2:

from PyPDF2 import PdfReader, PdfWriter
from reportlab.pdfgen import canvas
from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
from reportlab.lib.units import inch
import io

# Input paths
pdf_path = "original.pdf"
icon_path = "icon.jpeg"
output_pdf_path = "output.pdf"

# Set up canvas for overlay
packet = io.BytesIO()
can = canvas.Canvas(packet, pagesize=letter)

# Coordinates for top-left corner with padding
x, y = 40, 792 - 40 - inch
can.drawImage(icon_path, x, y, width=inch, height=inch)
can.linkURL("https://t.me/newsmalayalampdf", (x, y, x + inch, y + inch), relative=0)
can.save()
packet.seek(0)

# Merge overlay with original PDF
overlay = PdfReader(packet)
reader = PdfReader(pdf_path)
writer = PdfWriter()
first_page = reader.pages[0]
first_page.merge_page(overlay.pages[0])
writer.add_page(first_page)
for page in reader.pages[1:]:
writer.add_page(page)
with open(output_pdf_path, "wb") as f:
writer.write(f)


Despite setting the coordinates for the top-left, the image still appears somewhere in the middle of the page in the output. I've tried recalculating the Y position using the letter page height, but no luck.

What is the correct way to align an image with a hyperlink in the top-left of a PDF page using ReportLab and PyPDF2?

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