pdftotextjs

pdftotextjs - pdftotext shell wrapper for Node.js


pdftotextjs provides access to pdftotext via shell in nodejs. You'll
need pdftotext which comes with poppler-utils.

* Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt-get install poppler-utils.
* MacOSX sudo port install poppler or brew install xpdf.
* Windows download and install Xpdf.

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via npm:

``
$ npm install pdftotextjs
`

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#### Asynchronous example
`javascript
const pdftotext = require('pdftotextjs');
const pdf = new pdftotext('test/pdfs/sample.pdf');

// Convert first page only
// These options will be passed to pdftotext
// You may use any valid option
pdf.add_options(['-f 1', '-l 1']);

pdf.getText()
.then(result) {
console.log(result);
})
.catch(function (err) {
console.error(err);
});

`


#### Synchronous example
`javascript
const pdftotext = require('pdftotextjs');
const pdf = new pdftotext('test/pdfs/sample.pdf');

const data = pdf.getTextSync(); // returns buffer
console.log(data.toString('utf8'));
`

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`
$ npm test
``