Python module for converting PDF to text

Question

Which are the best Python modules to convert PDF files into text?

Answer 1

You can use PDFMiner which is a Python module for converting PDF to text. You can use the below code to check the version of pdfminer.

import pdfminer

pdfminer.__version__

You can also use the pyPDF which also works fine. If you only want the text with spaces, you can use the following piece of code:-

import pyPdf

pdf = pyPdf.PdfFileReader(open(filename, "rb"))

for page in pdf.pages:

print(page.extractText())