diff --git a/cpdfpage.ml b/cpdfpage.ml
index 7781460..2c0fa5a 100644
--- a/cpdfpage.ml
+++ b/cpdfpage.ml
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ let change_pattern_matrices_page pdf tr page =
     {page with Pdfpage.resources = change_pattern_matrices_resources pdf tr page.Pdfpage.resources used}
 
 (* Output information for each page *)
-let output_page_info ?(json=false) pdf range =
+exception Exceptjson of Cpdfyojson.Safe.t
+
+let output_page_info ?(json=false) ?(raisejson=false) pdf range =
   let pages = Pdfpage.pages_of_pagetree pdf in
   let labels = Pdfpagelabels.read pdf in
     let getbox page box =
@@ -200,7 +202,11 @@ let output_page_info ?(json=false) pdf range =
              ("Annotations", `Int (num_annots page))]
       in
         if json then
-          flprint (Cpdfyojson.Safe.pretty_to_string (`List (map json_entry_of_pnum range)))
+          let thejson = `List (map json_entry_of_pnum range) in
+            if raisejson then
+              raise (Exceptjson thejson)
+            else
+              flprint (Cpdfyojson.Safe.pretty_to_string thejson)
         else
           iter
             (fun pnum ->
@@ -217,6 +223,10 @@ let output_page_info ?(json=false) pdf range =
                  Printf.printf "Annotations: %i\n" (num_annots page))
             range
 
+let json_page_info pdf range =
+  try output_page_info ~json:true ~raisejson:true pdf range; `List [] with
+    Exceptjson j -> j
+
 let process_pages f pdf range =
   let pages = Pdfpage.pages_of_pagetree pdf in
     let pages', pagenumbers, matrices = (* new page objects, page number, matrix *)
diff --git a/cpdfpage.mli b/cpdfpage.mli
index 3574afa..cdc9e47 100644
--- a/cpdfpage.mli
+++ b/cpdfpage.mli
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 (** Working with pages *)
 
 (** Print page info (Mediabox etc) to standard output. *)
-val output_page_info : ?json:bool -> Pdf.t -> int list -> unit
+val output_page_info : ?json:bool -> ?raisejson:bool -> Pdf.t -> int list -> unit
+
+val json_page_info : Pdf.t -> int list -> Cpdfyojson.Safe.t
 
 (** Given a function from page number and page to page, a document, and a list
 of page numbers to apply it to, apply the function to all those pages. *)