pdfminer.six
A Python library for extracting and analyzing text, images, and metadata from PDF documents.
What is pdfminer.six?
Pdfminer.six is a Python library for extracting information from PDF documents, focusing on text data retrieval and analysis. It parses PDFs directly from their source code to obtain text along with its exact location, font, and color attributes. The tool also supports extracting images, HTML, hOCR, and metadata, making it versatile for document processing tasks.
Developers and data scientists working with PDF document parsing, text extraction, and data analysis in Python environments.
It offers a modular, extensible architecture that allows customization beyond standard text extraction, with robust support for PDF-1.7 specifications, CJK languages, and various compressions and encryptions.
Overview
Community maintained fork of pdfminer - we fathom PDF
Use Cases
Best For
- Extracting structured text and metadata from PDFs for data analysis
- Converting PDF documents to plain text, HTML, or hOCR formats
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