pdf-extract

Extract text from PDFs with position data.

Usage

// Simple extraction
let output = pdf_strings::from_path("file.pdf")?;
println!("{}", output);  // Plain text

// With password
let output = pdf_strings::PdfExtractor::builder()
    .password("secret")
    .build()
    .from_path("encrypted.pdf")?;

// Preserve spatial layout
println!("{}", output.to_string_pretty());

// Access structured data with bounding boxes
for line in output.lines() {
    for span in line {
        println!("{} at {:?}", span.text, span.bbox);
    }
}

Features

• Plain text extraction
• Spatial layout preservation
• Bounding box coordinates for every text span
• Font encoding resolution (ToUnicode, Type1, TrueType, CID, Type3)
• Password-protected PDF support
• Handles complex fonts, rotated text, and multi-column layouts

API

Three output formats:

• to_string() - Plain text
• to_string_pretty() - Character grid rendering that preserves spatial layout
• lines() - Structured data with TextSpan objects containing text, bounding boxes, and font sizes

Acknowledgements

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