pdf-text-reader

Exctracts metadata, text, and styling from a pdf-file

Installation

``bash
npm i @vtfk/pdf-text-reader
`

Usage

`js
(async () => {
const pdfReader = require('./index')

const pdfPath = './data/examplePdf.pdf'
try {
const pdfData = await pdfReader(pdfPath)
console.log(pdfData)
} catch (error) {
console.log(error)
}
})()
`

returns:
`js
{
metadata: {'some metadata about pdf'},
textContent: [
{
str: 'Hello',
dir: 'ltr',
width: 6.87792,
height: 11.04,
transform: [
8.87003171296,
0,
0,
9.00064,
87.8488,
401.468
],
fontName: 'g_d1_f1',
page: 1
},
...
}
}
`


Options

$3

normalizeY is set to 300 by default

`js
(async () => {
const pdfReader = require('./index')

const pdfPath = './data/examplePdf.pdf'
try {
const options = {
inferLines: {
normalizeY: true // can be true, a number, false, or undefined
}
}
const pdfData = await pdfReader(pdfPath, options)
console.log(pdfData)
} catch (error) {
console.log(error)
}
})()
`
returns:
`js
{
metadata: {'some metadata about pdf'},
textContent: [
{
str: 'Hello',
dir: 'ltr',
width: 6.87792,
height: 11.04,
transform: [
8.87003171296,
0,
0,
9.00064,
87.8488,
401.468
],
fontName: 'g_d1_f1',
page: 1
},
...
},
lines: {
'300': 'Hello , this is the first l ine'
}
}
``