https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext
Simple PDF text extraction
https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext
pdf python
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Simple PDF text extraction
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jalan/pdftotext
- Owner: jalan
- License: mit
- Created: 2017-04-21T21:50:25.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-06T01:32:20.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-22T05:03:00.771Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: pdf, python
- Language: Python
- Homepage:
- Size: 216 KB
- Stars: 828
- Watchers: 18
- Forks: 100
- Open Issues: 12
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGES.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# pdftotext
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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 on a recent OS. Package names may differ 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
```