How to attach a file to an existing pdf? - python

I have a pdf created with latex and I have to attach a file to this pdf.
I´ve tried this code but the output is a pdf blanked but indeed the file was attached. I have also tried to merge the output file and the original file but the output detaches the file.
import PyPDF2 as pdf2
from PyPDF2 import dfFileReader,PdfFilewriter
output = pdf2.PdfFileWriter()
with open ("test.pdf", "rb") as f:
input_pdf = pdf2.PdfFileReader(f)
output.appendPagesFromReader(input_pdf)
with open("test.xml", "rb") as xmlFile:
output.addAttachment("test.xml", xmlFile.read())
with open ("test2.pdf", "ab") as f:
output.write(f)
Solution (partial):
I wrote this in the latex file that generates the pdf, and the file was embedded/attached to the pdf. But I couldn´t find the way to do it in python.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{embedfile}
\begin{document}
\embedfile{test-ansi.tex}
text \end{document}

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