README.md

PDF-TO-TEXT

A pdf to text wrapper to extract text from a pdf. It works with searchable and non-searchable(images) PDFs

Installation

npm install text-from-pdf

Mac Users

brew install poppler

Linux Users

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install poppler-utils

Windows Users

No installation required

Usage

1. Standard Input PDF with horizontally aligned text:

    const text = await pdfToText('<PATH_TO_PDF_FILE/fileName.pdf>');
    console.log(text)

2. Input PDF's with vertically aligned text:

    const options = {
      rotationDegree: -90,
    };
    $ const text = await pdfToText('<PATH_TO_PDF_FILE/fileName.pdf>', options);
    $ console.log(text)

3. Text from first and second page:

    const options = {
       firstPageToConvert: 1,
       lastPageToConvert: 2,
    };
    $ const text = await pdfToText('<PATH_TO_PDF_FILE/fileName.pdf>', options);
    $ console.log(text)

4. Text from third to fifth page:

    const options = {
       firstPageToConvert: 3,
       lastPageToConvert: 5,
    };
    $ const text = await pdfToText('<PATH_TO_PDF_FILE/fileName.pdf>', options);
    $ console.log(text)

5. Enable Progressbar logging:

    const options = {
       firstPageToConvert: 1,
       lastPageToConvert: 1,
       enableProgressBarLogging: true
    };
    $ const text = await pdfToText('<PATH_TO_PDF_FILE/fileName.pdf>', options);
    $ console.log(text)

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