From 6af22051a84f37b1bce9f5d1068b7132cca226ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "James R. Barlow" <james@purplerock.ca>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 01:15:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid call to deprecated pdf.check() where possible

---
 src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
index a8b421be..cf5eec9a 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/helpers.py
@@ -270,7 +270,10 @@ def check_pdf(input_file: Path) -> bool:
         with pdf:
             with warnings.catch_warnings():
                 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', message=r'pikepdf.*JBIG2.*')
-                messages = pdf.check()
+                if hasattr(pdf, 'check_pdf_syntax'):
+                    messages = pdf.check_pdf_syntax()  # pikepdf >= 9.10.0
+                else:
+                    messages = pdf.check()
             success = True
             for msg in messages:
                 if 'error' in msg.lower():