pdftext

import os from pdftext import PDFText # Assuming 'example.pdf' is in the same directory # For a real application, replace with a valid path to your PDF file pdf_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'example.pdf') # Replace or create example.pdf # Create a dummy PDF for demonstration if it doesn't exist # In a real scenario, you'd have your actual PDF here. # For a proper quickstart, you'd need a real PDF. This is just to make it runnable. # For local testing, ensure 'example.pdf' exists. # You can create a simple one: print('Hello PDF') > example.pdf (then convert to actual PDF) # --- This part requires an actual PDF file --- # To make this truly runnable for testing, one would need to create a dummy PDF file # or specify a path to an existing one. # For local testing, ensure a file named 'example.pdf' exists in the script's directory. # For a quick dummy, if you have FPDF installed: # from fpdf import FPDF # pdf = FPDF() # pdf.add_page() # pdf.set_font('Arial', 'B', 16) # pdf.cell(40, 10, 'Hello, pdftext!') # pdf.output(pdf_path) # Let's assume pdf_path points to an existing PDF for this example. # If you don't have an example.pdf, this will fail with FileNotFoundError. try: # Initialize PDFText with the path to your PDF pdf_processor = PDFText(pdf_path) # Extract all text as a single string full_text = pdf_processor.as_text() print("--- Full Text ---") print(full_text) # Extract text as blocks text_blocks = pdf_processor.as_blocks() print("\n--- Text Blocks ---") for i, block in enumerate(text_blocks[:2]): # Print first 2 blocks print(f"Block {i+1}: {block.text[:100]}...") # Extract text as lines (for detailed layout analysis) text_lines = pdf_processor.as_lines() print("\n--- Text Lines (first 5) ---") for i, line in enumerate(text_lines[:5]): print(f"Line {i+1}: {line.text}") # Extract tables (if any) tables = pdf_processor.as_tables() if tables: print("\n--- Tables (first) ---") print(tables[0].to_csv()) else: print("\nNo tables found.") except FileNotFoundError: print(f"Error: PDF file not found at {pdf_path}. Please create or specify a valid PDF.") except Exception as e: print(f"An error occurred: {e}")