pdftotextjs

pdftotextjs - pdftotext shell wrapper for Node.js

pdftotextjs provides access to pdftotext via shell in nodejs. You'll need pdftotext which comes with poppler-utils.

• Ubuntu/Debian sudo apt-get install poppler-utils.
• MacOSX sudo port install poppler or brew install xpdf.
• Windows download and install Xpdf.

Installation

via npm:

$ npm install pdftotextjs

Usage

Asynchronous example

var pdftotext = require('pdftotextjs'),
    pdf = new pdftotext('test/pdfs/sample.pdf');

// Convert first page only
// These options will be passed to pdftotext
// You may use any valid option
pdf.add_options(['-f 1', '-l 1']);

pdf.getText(function(err, data, cmd) {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
  else {
    console.log(data);
    // additionally you can also access cmd array
    // it contains params which passed to pdftotext ['filename', '-f', '1', '-l', '1', '-']
    console.log(cmd.join(' '));
  }
});

NOTE: get method is now obsolete and not recommended to use it further. Please use getText.

Synchronous example

var pdftotext = require('pdftotextjs'),
    pdf = new pdftotext('test/pdfs/sample.pdf');

var data = pdf.getTextSync();
console.log(data);

NOTE: getSync method is now obsolete and not recommended to use it further. Please use getTextSync.

Tests

$ npm test

Coverage

$ npm test-cov