📄 PDF Processing Project

A Node.js utility for extracting and processing data from PDF files. This tool reads a PDF, extracts words along with their page and line numbers, and saves the results as a JSON file.

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✨ Features

• Extracts words from PDF files
• Tracks page and line numbers for each word
• Filters out short and special-character words
• Exports results to a clean, readable JSON file

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🚀 Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/pdf-processing-project.git
cd pdf-processing-project

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Add your PDF

Place your PDF file (e.g., Lecturesonvedanta.pdf) in the project directory.

4. Run the script

npm start

The extracted word data will be saved to word_data.json.

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🛠️ How It Works

• Reads the PDF file using pdf-parse
• Splits the text into pages and lines
• Extracts words, cleans them, and filters out words shorter than 4 characters
• Saves the output as a JSON array with word, page, and line information

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📦 Project Structure

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├── index.js             # Main script
├── Lecturesonvedanta.pdf# Sample PDF (add your own)
├── word_data.json       # Output file
├── package.json         # Project metadata
└── .gitignore

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📋 Example Output

[
  {
    "word": "Vedanta",
    "page": 0,
    "line": 1
  },
  {
    "word": "philosophy",
    "page": 0,
    "line": 2
  }
]

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📚 Dependencies

• pdf-parse
• Node.js