pdf_to_wordcloud

Generates a word cloud from a given PDF

Installation

$ pip install pdf_to_wordcloud

Arguments

Positional:
PDF: Name of PDF file from which to geneate the wordcloud

Optional:
--remove (-r): Removes word from wordcloud. Accepts multiple arguments (one per flag)
--save (-s): Saves wordcloud as PDF to current directory (no additional argument needed)
--saveto (-st): Saves wordcloud to specified directory
--mask (-m): PNG file to use as shape of wordcloud
--exportdata (-x): Save CSV of word frequency data
--filename (-n): Optional name of data and wordcloud files (omit .pdf/.csv)

Usage

Display wordcloud of file.pdf:

$ pdf file.pdf

Save image of wordcloud as PDF:

$ pdf file.pdf -s

Remove "this" and "that" from wordcloud and save:

$ pdf file.pdf -r this -r that -s

Remove "this" and "that" from wordcloud, export word frequency data and save both files with "my_output" filename:

$ pdf file.pdf -r this -r that -x -n my_output -s