How can I read pdf in python?I know one way of converting it to text, but I want to read the content directly from pdf.

Can anyone explain which module in python is best for pdf extraction

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2 Answers

You can USE PyPDF2 package

#install pyDF2
pip install PyPDF2
# importing all the required modules
import PyPDF2
# creating an object
file = open('example.pdf', 'rb')
# creating a pdf reader object
fileReader = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader(file)
# print the number of pages in pdf file
print(fileReader.numPages)

Follow this Documentation

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You can use textract module in python

Textract

for install

pip install textract

for read pdf

import textract
text = textract.process('path/to/pdf/file', method='pdfminer')

For detail Textract

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