pdftotext

Simple PDF text extraction

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

Debian, Ubuntu, and friends

sudo apt-get install build-essential libpoppler-cpp-dev pkg-config python-dev

Fedora, Red Hat, and friends

sudo yum install gcc-c++ pkgconfig poppler-cpp-devel python-devel redhat-rpm-config

macOS

brew install pkg-config poppler

Conda users may also need libgcc:

conda install -c anaconda libgcc

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

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