PDFReader - MalformedPDFError - Error occured while inflating a compressed stream

[ramyakp]

Hello,
Thanks for the wonderful gem.

I am encountering an issue on few PDFs - I get PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError: Error occured while inflating a compressed stream when i try to read the Page text 'reader.pages[1].text'.
Here is the complete error details. Can someone please help here?

Details:

<PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError: Error occured while inflating a compressed stream (Zlib::DataError: invalid code lengths set)> Additional Details: C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/filter/flate.rb:34:in rescue in filter' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/filter/flate.rb:17:infilter' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/stream.rb:63:in block in unfiltered_data' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/stream.rb:62:ineach' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/stream.rb:62:in each_with_index' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/stream.rb:62:inunfiltered_data' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/font.rb:136:in extract_base_info' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/font.rb:47:ininitialize' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_state.rb:384:in new' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_state.rb:384:inblock in build_fonts' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_state.rb:383:in each' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_state.rb:383:inmap' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_state.rb:383:in build_fonts' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_state.rb:28:ininitialize' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_text_receiver.rb:42:in new' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page_text_receiver.rb:42:inpage=' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page.rb:154:in block in callback' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page.rb:153:ineach' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page.rb:153:in callback' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page.rb:104:inwalk' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/pdf-reader-1.3.3/lib/pdf/reader/page.rb:75:in text' C:/Tellus/Utils/UtilsBB.rb:32:inVerifyPDFDownloaded'

Regards,
Ramya

[wyefei]

Hey @yob I have a sample PDF having this problem. Can you take a look? I can email you the PDF and hopefully you can reproduce it on your end?

[jamescgibson]

I too have run into this problem. Have yet to find a solution.