pdf-tools

Tools to extract/transform data from PDF

inspired by project: pdf-to-markdown

Installation

npm install @bsorrentino/pdf-tools -g

Requirements

• NodeJs >= 16
• Since pdf-tools use canvas that is a Cairo-backed Canvas implementation for Node.js take a look to its reqirements

pdftools Commands

common options

 -o, --outdir [folder]        output folder (default: "out")

pdfximages

extract images (as png) from pdf and save it to the given folder

Usage:

pdftools pdfximages|pxi [options] <pdf>

pdf2images

create an image (as png) for each pdf page

Usage:

pdftools pdf2images|p2i <pdf>

pdf2md

convert pdf to markdown format.

Usage:

pdftools pdf2md|p2md [options] <pdf>

Options:

  -ps, --pageseparator [separator]  add page separator (default: "---")
  --imageurl [url prefix]           imgage url prefix
  --stats                           print stats information
  --debug                           print debug information

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Conversion to Markdown

supported features

• Detect headers
• Detect and extract images
• Extract plain text
• Extract fonts and allow custom mapping through a generated file <document name>.font.json

  Supported fonts bold, italic, monospace, bold+italic

• Detect code block ( i.e. ```)
• Detect external link

TO DO

• Detect TOC