Popular recipes tagged "meta:requires=pypdf" but not "pypdf"http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/meta:requires=pypdf-pypdf/2010-11-25T15:30:52-08:00ActiveState Code RecipesConvert PDF to plain text (Python)
2010-11-25T15:30:52-08:00ccpizzahttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4170754/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577095-convert-pdf-to-plain-text/
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Python
recipe 577095
by <a href="/recipes/users/4170754/">ccpizza</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/converter/">converter</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/pdf/">pdf</a>).
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<p>This is a very raw PDF converter which has absolutely no idea of the page layout or text positioning.</p>
<p>To install the required module try <code>easy_install pypdf</code> in a console.</p>
Pure Python PDF to text converter (Python)
2007-04-12T11:05:10-07:00Dirk Holtwickhttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/636691/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/511465-pure-python-pdf-to-text-converter/
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Python
recipe 511465
by <a href="/recipes/users/636691/">Dirk Holtwick</a>
(<a href="/recipes/tags/text/">text</a>).
Revision 2.
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<p>This example shows how to extract text informations from a PDF file without the need of system dependent tools or code. Just use the pyPdf library from <a href="http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/" rel="nofollow">http://pybrary.net/pyPdf/</a></p>