PdfSharpTextExtractor

Simple Pdf text extractor based on PDFSharp for NET Standard.
Supports both single and two-byte fonts, ToUnicode maps, Encodings.
Doesn't support (yet) precise symbol positioning on page so text order can differ from the original.

Install

Install via nuget: PdfSharpTextExtractor package

dotnet add package PdfSharpTextExtractor

Install via git:

git clone https://github.com/alexarchen/PdfSharpTextExtractor

Use

As static full text extarctor

string text = PdfSharpTextExtractor.PdfToText(file)

Or as page-by-page extractor:

using (doc  = PdfReader.Open(file, PdfDocumentOpenMode.ReadOnly))
{
   StringBuilder ta = new StringBuilder();
   using (PdfSharpTextExtractor.Extractor extractor = new PdfSharpTextExtractor.Extractor(doc))
    {
       foreach (PdfPage page in doc.Pages)
        {
           extractor.ExtractText(page, ta);
        }

     }
}