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convertions/utils/pdftotext.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import fitz # PyMuPDF
import sys
import os
def convert_pdf_to_text(input_pdf_path, output_txt_path):
# Check if the input PDF file exists
if not os.path.isfile(input_pdf_path):
print(f"Error: The input PDF file '{input_pdf_path}' does not exist.")
sys.exit(1)
# Check if the output directory is writable
output_dir = os.path.dirname(output_txt_path)
if output_dir and not os.access(output_dir, os.W_OK):
print(f"Error: The output directory '{output_dir}' is not writable.")
sys.exit(1)
try:
# Open the PDF document
pdf_document = fitz.open(input_pdf_path)
if pdf_document.page_count == 0:
print("Error: The PDF file contains no pages.")
pdf_document.close()
sys.exit(1)
# Extract text from each page and write it to the output file
with open(output_txt_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as txt_file:
for page_num in range(pdf_document.page_count):
page = pdf_document.load_page(page_num)
text = page.get_text()
txt_file.write(f"--- Page {page_num + 1} ---\n")
txt_file.write(text + "\n")
pdf_document.close()
print(f"Text extraction complete. Check the '{output_txt_path}' file.")
except Exception as e:
print(f"Error during PDF to text conversion: {e}")
sys.exit(1)
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) != 3:
print("Usage: python pdftotext.py <input_pdf_path> <output_txt_path>")
sys.exit(1)
input_pdf_path = sys.argv[1]
output_txt_path = sys.argv[2]
convert_pdf_to_text(input_pdf_path, output_txt_path)