This page contains various examples of using the PDF to Text API in Python. The examples are complete and fully functional. Read more about how to convert PDF to Text in Python.
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertFileToFile('/path/to/invoice.pdf', 'invoice.txt') except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and store the result in the `txt` variable. txt = client.convertFile('/path/to/invoice.pdf') # at this point the "txt" variable contains TXT raw data and # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Create an output stream for the conversion result output_stream = open('invoice.txt', 'wb') # run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertFileToStream('/path/to/invoice.pdf', output_stream) # Close the output stream. output_stream.close() except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertUrlToFile('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf', 'invoice.txt') except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and store the result in the `txt` variable. txt = client.convertUrl('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf') # at this point the "txt" variable contains TXT raw data and # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Create an output stream for the conversion result output_stream = open('invoice.txt', 'wb') # run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertUrlToStream('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf', output_stream) # Close the output stream. output_stream.close() except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertRawDataToFile(open('/path/to/hello_world.pdf', 'rb').read(), 'invoice.txt') except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and store the result in the `txt` variable. txt = client.convertRawData(open('/path/to/hello_world.pdf', 'rb').read()) # at this point the "txt" variable contains TXT raw data and # can be sent in an HTTP response, saved to a file, etc. except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Create an output stream for the conversion result output_stream = open('invoice.txt', 'wb') # run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertRawDataToStream(open('/path/to/hello_world.pdf', 'rb').read(), output_stream) # Close the output stream. output_stream.close() except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import pdfcrowd import sys try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Configure the conversion. client.setDebugLog(True) client.setPageBreakMode('default') # Run the conversion and save the result to a file. client.convertFileToFile('/path/to/invoice.pdf', 'invoice.txt') # print URL of the debug log print('Debug log url: {}'.format(client.getDebugLogUrl())) # print the number of conversion credits remaining in your account print('Remaining credit count: {}'.format(client.getRemainingCreditCount())) # print the number of credits used for the conversion print('Consumed credit count: {}'.format(client.getConsumedCreditCount())) # print the unique identifier for the conversion print('Job id: {}'.format(client.getJobId())) # print total number of pages in the output document print('Page count: {}'.format(client.getPageCount())) # print size of the output data in bytes print('Output size: {}'.format(client.getOutputSize())) except pdfcrowd.Error as why: sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why)) raise
import urllib.parse from django.http import HttpResponse from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST import pdfcrowd # The recommended method is POST. @require_POST def convert(request): try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Set HTTP response headers. response = HttpResponse(content_type='text/plain') response['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=0' response['Accept-Ranges'] = 'none' response['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" + urllib.parse.quote('invoice.txt', safe='') # run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertFileToStream('/path/to/invoice.pdf', response) return response except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # Send the error in the HTTP response. return HttpResponse(why.getMessage(), status=why.getCode(), content_type='text/plain')
import urllib.parse from django.http import HttpResponse from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST import pdfcrowd # The recommended method is POST. @require_POST def convert(request): try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Set HTTP response headers. response = HttpResponse(content_type='text/plain') response['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=0' response['Accept-Ranges'] = 'none' response['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" + urllib.parse.quote('invoice.txt', safe='') # run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertUrlToStream('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf', response) return response except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # Send the error in the HTTP response. return HttpResponse(why.getMessage(), status=why.getCode(), content_type='text/plain')
import urllib.parse from django.http import HttpResponse from django.views.decorators.http import require_POST import pdfcrowd # The recommended method is POST. @require_POST def convert(request): try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Set HTTP response headers. response = HttpResponse(content_type='text/plain') response['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=0' response['Accept-Ranges'] = 'none' response['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" + urllib.parse.quote('invoice.txt', safe='') # run the conversion and write the result to the output stream. client.convertRawDataToStream(open('/path/to/hello_world.pdf', 'rb').read(), response) return response except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # Send the error in the HTTP response. return HttpResponse(why.getMessage(), status=why.getCode(), content_type='text/plain')
import urllib.parse from flask import Flask, Response import pdfcrowd app = Flask(__name__) # The recommended method is POST. @app.route('/', methods=['POST']) def convert(): try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and store the result in the `txt` variable. txt = client.convertFile('/path/to/invoice.pdf'); # Send the result and set HTTP response headers. response = Response(txt, mimetype='text/plain') response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=0' response.headers['Accept-Ranges'] = 'none' response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" + urllib.parse.quote('invoice.txt', safe='') return response except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # Send the error in the HTTP response. return Response(why.getMessage(), status=why.getCode(), mimetype='text/plain')
import urllib.parse from flask import Flask, Response import pdfcrowd app = Flask(__name__) # The recommended method is POST. @app.route('/', methods=['POST']) def convert(): try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and store the result in the `txt` variable. txt = client.convertUrl('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf'); # Send the result and set HTTP response headers. response = Response(txt, mimetype='text/plain') response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=0' response.headers['Accept-Ranges'] = 'none' response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" + urllib.parse.quote('invoice.txt', safe='') return response except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # Send the error in the HTTP response. return Response(why.getMessage(), status=why.getCode(), mimetype='text/plain')
import urllib.parse from flask import Flask, Response import pdfcrowd app = Flask(__name__) # The recommended method is POST. @app.route('/', methods=['POST']) def convert(): try: # Create an API client instance. client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d') # Run the conversion and store the result in the `txt` variable. txt = client.convertRawData(open('/path/to/hello_world.pdf', 'rb').read()); # Send the result and set HTTP response headers. response = Response(txt, mimetype='text/plain') response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'max-age=0' response.headers['Accept-Ranges'] = 'none' response.headers['Content-Disposition'] = "attachment; filename*=UTF-8''" + urllib.parse.quote('invoice.txt', safe='') return response except pdfcrowd.Error as why: # Send the error in the HTTP response. return Response(why.getMessage(), status=why.getCode(), mimetype='text/plain')