Renard::API::MuPDF::mutool - Retrieve PDF image and text data via MuPDF's mutool
version 0.006
_call_mutool( @args )Helper function which calls mutool with the contents of the @args array.
Returns the captured STDOUT of the call.
This function dies if mutool unsuccessfully exits.
get_mutool_pdf_page_as_png($pdf_filename, $pdf_page_no)This function returns a PNG stream that renders page number $pdf_page_no of the PDF file $pdf_filename.
get_mutool_text_stext_raw($pdf_filename, $pdf_page_no)This function returns an XML string that contains structured text from page number $pdf_page_no of the PDF file $pdf_filename.
The XML format is defined by the output of mutool looks like this (for page 23 of the pdf_reference_1-7.pdf file):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<document name="(null)">
<page height="666" width="531">
<block bbox="261.18 616.16397 269.77766 625.2532">
<line bbox="261.18 616.16397 269.77766 625.2532" dir="1 0" wmode="0">
<font name="MyriadPro-Semibold" size="7.98">
<char bbox="261.18 616.16397 265.45729 625.2532" c="2" x="261.18" y="623.2582"/>
<char bbox="265.50038 616.16397 269.77766 625.2532" c="3" x="265.50038" y="623.2582"/>
</font>
</line>
</block>
<block bbox="225.78 88.20229 305.18159 117.93829">
<line bbox="225.78 88.20229 305.18159 117.93829" dir="1 0" wmode="0">
<font name="MyriadPro-Bold" size="24">
<char bbox="225.78 88.20229 239.724 117.93829" c="P" x="225.78" y="111.93829"/>
<char bbox="239.5176 88.20229 248.63759 117.93829" c="r" x="239.5176" y="111.93829"/>
<char bbox="248.4552 88.20229 261.1272 117.93829" c="e" x="248.4552" y="111.93829"/>
<char bbox="261.1128 88.20229 269.29679 117.93829" c="f" x="261.1128" y="111.93829"/>
</font>
</line>
</block>
</page>
</document>Simplified, the high-level structure looks like:
<page> -> [list of blocks]
<block> -> [list of blocks]
a block is either:
- stext
<line> -> [list of lines] (all have same baseline)
<font> -> [list of fonts] (horizontal spaces over a line)
<char> -> [list of chars]
- image
# TODO document the image data from mutoolget_mutool_text_stext_xml($pdf_filename, $pdf_page_no)Returns a HashRef of the structured text from from page number $pdf_page_no of the PDF file $pdf_filename.
See the function get_mutool_text_stext_raw for details on the structure of this data.
get_mutool_page_info_raw($pdf_filename)Returns an XML string of the page bounding boxes of PDF file $pdf_filename.
The data is in the form:
<document>
<page pagenum="1">
<MediaBox l="0" b="0" r="531" t="666" />
<CropBox l="0" b="0" r="531" t="666" />
<Rotate v="0" />
</page>
<page pagenum="2">
...
</page>
</document>get_mutool_page_info_xml($pdf_filename)Returns a HashRef containing the page bounding boxes of PDF file $pdf_filename.
See function get_mutool_page_info_raw for information on the structure of the data.
fun get_mutool_outline_simple($pdf_filename)Returns an array of the outline of the PDF file $pdf_filename as an ArrayRef[HashRef] which corresponds to the items attribute of Renard::Incunabula::Outline.
fun get_mutool_get_trailer_raw($pdf_filename)Returns the trailer of the PDF file $pdf_filename as a string.
fun get_mutool_get_object_raw($pdf_filename, $object_id)Returns the object given by the ID $object_id for PDF file $pdf_filename as a string.
fun get_mutool_get_info_object_parsed( $pdf_filename )Returns the document information dictionary as a Renard::API::MuPDF::mutool::ObjectParser object.
See Table 10.2 on pg. 844 of the PDF Reference, version 1.7 to see the entries that usually used (e.g., Title, Author).
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