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Parsing-Pdfs: Pypdf2

Parsing PDFs involves extracting data from PDF documents programmatically using various libraries. Notable libraries include PyPDF2 for basic tasks, PDFMiner for advanced layout analysis, PyMuPDF for low-level manipulation, Tabula-py for table extraction, pdfrw for reading and writing PDFs, and Apache Tika for multi-format support. The process generally includes importing the library, reading the PDF, and extracting the text.

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Parsing-Pdfs: Pypdf2

Parsing PDFs involves extracting data from PDF documents programmatically using various libraries. Notable libraries include PyPDF2 for basic tasks, PDFMiner for advanced layout analysis, PyMuPDF for low-level manipulation, Tabula-py for table extraction, pdfrw for reading and writing PDFs, and Apache Tika for multi-format support. The process generally includes importing the library, reading the PDF, and extracting the text.

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Parsing-PDFs

Parsing PDFs refers to extracting data and information from PDF documents
programmatically. PDF (Portable Document Format) is a widely used file format
for documents that preserves the formatting, layout, and graphics of the original
document across different devices and platforms.
libraries and techniques for PDF parsing
1. PyPDF2: PyPDF2 is a widely used library for working with PDF files in
Python. It allows you to extract text, metadata, and images from PDFs,
merge multiple PDFs, split pages, and more. PyPDF2 provides a simple
and intuitive interface for basic PDF parsing tasks.

2. PDFMiner: PDFMiner is another powerful library for extracting text,


images, and metadata from PDFs. It also provides functionality for
analyzing the layout and structure of PDF documents. PDFMiner offers
more advanced features like converting PDFs to other formats and
extracting tables from PDFs.

3. PyMuPDF: PyMuPDF is a Python wrapper around the MuPDF library,


which provides extensive capabilities for PDF parsing. It allows you to
extract text, images, and metadata, as well as manipulate PDFs at a low-
level, such as adding annotations, modifying existing content, and creating
new PDFs.

4. Tabula-py: Tabula-py is a library specifically designed for extracting


tables from PDFs. It uses the Tabula Java library under the hood and
provides an easy-to-use interface for extracting structured data from PDF
tables. This is particularly useful for working with PDFs that contain
tabular data, such as financial reports or scientific research papers.

5. pdfrw: pdfrw is a library for reading and writing PDF files in Python. It
provides a simple interface for extracting text, images, and metadata from
PDFs, as well as modifying existing PDFs or creating new ones. pdfrw is
useful for low-level PDF manipulation and can be used to parse PDFs and
extract specific information based on your needs.
6. Tika: Apache Tika is a toolkit that supports parsing various file formats,
including PDFs. It uses advanced techniques to extract structured data from
PDFs, such as text, metadata, and even embedded files. Tika supports
multiple programming languages, including Python, and provides a high-
level interface for working with PDFs and other file formats.

Installation of library

1. Importing required library


2. Reading the pdf
3. Extracting the text from pdf

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