dueyfinster / lambda-pdf-to-text

A function to convert PDF to text on AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda PDF to Text

A web service that transforms a PDF to text using pdftotext on AWS Lambda.

How to deploy

1. Clone this repository
2. Get the aws cli and login
3. Create a Lambda function (create from scratch, use Node 6.10 and call it pdf) on AWS Lambda Console
4. Run npm install and then npm run deploy - Thats it! Your code is now on AWS Lambda.

How to use

1. Install curl
2. Send a request like (where myfile.pdf is your pdf filename): curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/pdf' --data-binary @<myfile.pdf> https://<my_aws_lambda_url>
3. You will get the text of the PDF sent back!