https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext

Simple PDF text extraction
https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext

pdf python

Last synced: about 1 month ago
JSON representation

Simple PDF text extraction

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext
• Owner: jalan
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-04-21T21:50:25.000Z (over 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-06T01:32:20.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-22T05:03:00.771Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: pdf, python
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 216 KB
• Stars: 828
• Watchers: 18
• Forks: 100
• Open Issues: 12
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGES.md
  • License: LICENSE

Awesome Lists containing this project

• awesome-for-oneliner - pdftotext - Simple PDF text extraction (PDF / Open USP Tsukubai)

README

        
# pdftotext

[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pdftotext.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pdftotext)

[![Tests](https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext/actions/workflows/tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext/actions)

[![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/pdftotext)](https://pepy.tech/project/pdftotext)

Simple PDF text extraction

```python

import pdftotext

# Load your PDF

with open("lorem_ipsum.pdf", "rb") as f:

    pdf = pdftotext.PDF(f)

# If it's password-protected

with open("secure.pdf", "rb") as f:

    pdf = pdftotext.PDF(f, "secret")

# How many pages?

print(len(pdf))

# Iterate over all the pages

for page in pdf:

    print(page)

# Read some individual pages

print(pdf[0])

print(pdf[1])

# Read all the text into one string

print("\n\n".join(pdf))

```

## OS Dependencies

These instructions assume you're using Python 3 on a recent OS. Package names

may differ for Python 2 or for an older OS.

### Debian, Ubuntu, and friends

```

sudo apt install build-essential libpoppler-cpp-dev pkg-config python3-dev

```

### Fedora, Red Hat, and friends

```

sudo yum install gcc-c++ pkgconfig poppler-cpp-devel python3-devel

```

### macOS

```

brew install pkg-config poppler python

```

### Windows

Currently tested only when using conda:

 - Install the Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools

 - Install poppler through conda:

   ```

   conda install -c conda-forge poppler

   ```

## Install

```

pip install pdftotext

```