pdf-scraper

Scrape data from PDF files using python.

Usage

The scripts directory contains below scripts:

• explore.py - use this exploratory script to locate coordinates of text fields you are interested in.
• script.py - input coordinates from the explore script into this script and run to extract desired fields to an output file.

The files directory contains sample ADP format pay stub template (chosen as example of a consistent structure) PDF file to be scraped.

Versioning

https://semver.org

Example

0.0.1
0.0.1-rc.1

Local Development

make list    # list all container and images

make build   # build image

make scan    # scan image

make start   # start container

make shell   # start shell in running container

make stop    # stop container

make remove  # remove container

make clean   # remove images

References

https://towardsdatascience.com/scrape-data-from-pdf-files-using-python-and-pdfquery-d033721c3b28