https://github.com/bradsec/pdftext

PDFText is a web app developed with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to convert standard PDF documents to text.
https://github.com/bradsec/pdftext

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PDFText is a web app developed with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to convert standard PDF documents to text.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bradsec/pdftext
• Owner: bradsec
• License: mit
• Created: 2023-12-09T04:21:03.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-10T21:08:33.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-12-11T10:31:45.629Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: pdf, pdf-document, pdf-text, pdf-viewer
• Language: CSS
• Homepage: https://pdftext.me/
• Size: 126 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# PDFText

PDFText is a web application which provides a client-side solution to extract text from PDF files. It uses [PDF.js](https://mozilla.github.io/pdf.js/) for rendering PDF documents and offers functionalities like viewing the extracted text, downloading it as a text file, and copying it to the clipboard.

### Try it out at [pdftext.me](https://pdftext.me)

## Features

- **PDF Upload**: Users can upload a PDF file to extract text.

- **Text Display**: Extracted text is displayed in the application interface.

- **Download Extracted Text**: Users can download the extracted text as a `.txt` file.

- **Copy to Clipboard**: The extracted text can be copied directly to the clipboard.

- **Alert Notifications**: Provides feedback on successful operations or errors.

## Known Limitations

- Will work on standard printed text based PDF documents. It does not incorporate OCR for handwritting recognition.

## Credits

- **PDF.js** by Mozilla | [Apache 2.0 License](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/blob/master/LICENSE)