How to parse a multi-column PDF like this SEC 13F document?

[gsbell]

https://www.sec.gov/files/investment/13flist2021q3.pdf

Basically, I just need to read through this document and parse the columns "CUSIP NO", "ISSUER NAME", "ISSUER DESCRIPTION", "STATUS", so I can then store them in database for further processing.

I have no idea why they don't provide this data in CSV format. But that's government efficiency for you.

[BobLd]

Hi @gsbell, as a reminder, a pdf is not aware of tables... so you'll have to either find a way to parse it or use one of the libraries below:

• https://github.com/BobLd/tabula-sharp
• https://github.com/BobLd/camelot-sharp

[gsbell]

Thank you, I got tabula to do exactly what I needed.