Pdf::Textstream

This gem embeds functionality of PDFLayoutTextStripper

Installation

Add this line to your JRuby application's Gemfile:

gem 'pdf-textstream'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pdf-textstream

Usage

plain_text = Pdf::Textstream.file_path_to_text("path/to/file.pdf")

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mic-kul/pdf-textstream.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.