tani / PDF.gs

extract text from PDF in Google Apps Script

PDF.js for Goole Apps Script

Script ID

1wlEYkmDOSGb3Iuqd93a7cbQofcfwg5anjyvYmS3N4-nRAYHED8pVFaTY

Usage

1. Download PDF file with UrlFetchApp
2. Convert HTTPResponse to Uint8Array
3. Extract content from binary with PdfApp.extractText

async function myFunction() {
  const result = UrlFetchApp.fetch("https://arxiv.org/pdf/2207.02098.pdf")
  const binary = Uint8Array.from(result.getAs('application/pdf').getBytes())
  console.log(await PdfApp.extractText(binary));
}

License

See LICENSE.

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