Get Text from PDF
Verb: extractTextFromPDF
Available from: <Standard>
Gets text from a PDF file according to the specified page range.
Syntax
extractTextFromPDF --filepath(String) [--range(String)] (String)=value
Inputs
| Script | Designer | Required | AcceptedTypes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| --filepath | File | Required | Text | Full file path to the desired PDF file. |
| --range | Range | Optional | Text | Range of pages to get the text from.
In case no range is entered, the command gets all the text in the file. |
Outputs
| Script | Designer | AcceptedTypes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| value | Text | Text | Text that was obtained from the desired file. |
Example
The Get Text from PDF gets all the text from the specified file and returns it into a variable of type Text.
defVar --name text --type String
extractTextFromPDF --filepath "pdfExampleFileEn.pdf" text=value
logMessage --message "${text}" --type "Info"
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