PDF to Text Command Line Tool

Overview

The PDFCrowd command line client provides access to the PDF to Text API from scripts and terminals.

You can install the application from PyPI

pip install pdfcrowd

Download pdfcrowd-6.7.0-python.zip.
Extract the archive and run the following commands:
```
cd pdfcrowd-6.7.0
pip install .
```

Clone pdfcrowd-python from GitHub and install the tools:

git clone https://github.com/pdfcrowd/pdfcrowd-python
cd pdfcrowd-python
pip install .

The examples below cover the basic conversion flow. See additional examples for more scenarios.

pdf2text -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    "/path/to/invoice.pdf" > "invoice.txt"

pdf2text -user-name "demo" -api-key "demo" \
    "https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf" > "invoice.txt"

The API requires authentication using your PDFCrowd username and API key. To get started quickly, you can use these demo credentials for testing:

Use your own PDFCrowd username and API key for production. You can obtain API credentials from a free trial or API license.

If you are receiving an error, refer to the API Status Codes for more information.
Use -debug-log to obtain detailed information about the conversion process, including load errors, load times, browser console output, etc.
Consult the FAQ for answers to common questions.
Contact us if you need assistance or if there is a feature you are missing.