pdf2image-cli

pdf2image port to a CLI version written in Python.

Designed to make PDF processing easier for those who like working through the terminal. After installing you will have the pdf2image command available to use.

Installation

pip install pdf2image-cli

Windows

For Windows you will need to install poppler for Windows. Here is a repo containing the binaries you will have to add to PATH. @oschwartz10612/poppler-windows

Mac

For MacOS you will need to install poppler for MacOS.

Linux

Most distros have pdftopppm and/or pdftocairo. However if you do not have them installed in your machine please download poppler-utils from your distro's package manager.

How to use it

The program can detect if you've chosen a directory or a file. In case you've chosen a directory, the program will extract images into separate folder for each PDF in it.

To begin, run the following command:

$ pdf2image [path] 

The program will create an output folder in your current working directory. If you wish to change the output path run the command with the following flag.

$ pdf2image [path] --output [output_path]

As defualt the program will extract the images in jpeg format. If you wish to change the format to png add the following flag.

$ pdf2image [path] --file_type ["jpeg"|"png"]

Acknowledgements

• Project based on @Belval/pdf2image API. For sponsorships, please visit Github Sponsors.

Developed with ❤️ by Carlos Valdez.