PDF to Text Python Examples

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertFileToFile('/path/to/invoice.pdf', 'invoice.txt')
except pdfcrowd.Error as why:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # run the conversion and store the result into 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:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the 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 into the output stream
    client.convertFileToStream('/path/to/invoice.pdf', output_stream)

    # close the output stream
    output_stream.close()
except pdfcrowd.Error as why:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertUrlToFile('https://pdfcrowd.com/static/pdf/apisamples/invoice.pdf', 'invoice.txt')
except pdfcrowd.Error as why:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # run the conversion and store the result into 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:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the 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 into 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:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertRawDataToFile(open('/path/to/hello_world.pdf', 'rb').read(), 'invoice.txt')
except pdfcrowd.Error as why:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # run the conversion and store the result into 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:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the 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 into 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:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise

import pdfcrowd
import sys

try:
    # create the API client instance
    client = pdfcrowd.PdfToTextClient('demo', 'ce544b6ea52a5621fb9d55f8b542d14d')

    # configure the conversion
    client.setDebugLog(True)
    client.setPageBreakMode('default')

    # run the conversion and write the result to a file
    client.convertFileToFile('/path/to/invoice.pdf', 'invoice.txt')
    
    # print URL to the debug log
    print('Debug log url: {}'.format(client.getDebugLogUrl()))
    
    # print the number of available conversion credits in your account
    print('Remaining credit count: {}'.format(client.getRemainingCreditCount()))
    
    # print the number of credits consumed by the conversion
    print('Consumed credit count: {}'.format(client.getConsumedCreditCount()))
    
    # print the unique ID of the conversion
    print('Job id: {}'.format(client.getJobId()))
    
    # print the total number of pages in the output document
    print('Page count: {}'.format(client.getPageCount()))
    
    # print the size of the output in bytes
    print('Output size: {}'.format(client.getOutputSize()))
except pdfcrowd.Error as why:
    # report the error
    sys.stderr.write('Pdfcrowd Error: {}\n'.format(why))

    # rethrow or handle the exception
    raise