Convert PDF to TXT via Python

PDF to TXT Python conversion. Programmers can use this example code to export PDF to TXT within any .NET Framework, .NET Core, and PHP, VBScript, C++ via COM Interop.

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Convert PDF to TXT in Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET

How to convert PDF to TXT? You can easily convert programmatically a document from PDF to TXT format with a modern document-processing Python API. Use just a few lines of code to convert files with high quality. The Aspose.PDF library will allow any developer to easily solve the tasks of converting PDF to TXT using Python.

For a more detailed description of the code snippet and other possible conversion formats, see the Documentation pages. Also, you can check the other conversions of formats, which are supported by our library.

With Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET library you can convert PDF to TXT programmatically. PDF software from Aspose is ideal for individuals, small or large businesses. Since it is able to process a large amount of information, perform the conversion quickly and efficiently and protect your data. A peculiar feature from Aspose.PDF is an API for converting PDF to TXT. The trait of this approach is that you only need to open the PyPI package manager, search for aspose-pdf, and install it without any special complex settings. To verify the benefits of the library, try using the conversion PDF to TXT code snippet. You may also use the following command from the console or terminal:

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pip install aspose-pdf

How to Convert PDF to TXT

Python developers can easily load & convert PDF files to TXT in just a few lines of code.

  1. Import required modules from aspose.pdf library, including Document class for loading PDF files.Ensure that the necessary libraries are installed and imported before proceeding.
  2. Specify the path to the input PDF document by joining indir with infile, ensuring correct directory structure for locating the input file correctly.
  3. Create an instance of Document object and load the specified input PDF file.This step is necessary to access the PDF content for further processing.
  4. Create an instance of TextDevice object, which will be used to extract text from the PDF document.This device type is suitable for extracting plain text from PDF files.
  5. Use the TextDevice object to process the second page (index 1) of the loaded PDF document, and save the extracted text as a file in the specified output directory with the specified output file name.
  6. Set the output directory path by joining outDir with outfile, ensuring that the resulting text file is saved in the correct location.
  7. Print a success message indicating that the input PDF has been converted into extracted plain text.

Here is an example that demonstrates how to convert PDF to TXT in Python. You can follow these easy steps to convert your PDF file to TXT format. First, upload your PDF file and then simply save it as a TXT file. You can use fully qualified filenames for both PDF reading and TXT writing. The output TXT content and formatting will be identical to the original PDF document.

Example: Convert PDF to TXT via Python

This sample code shows PDF to TXT Python Conversion

Input file:

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Output format:

TXT

Output file:

import aspose.pdf as apdf
from io import FileIO
from os import path

path_infile = path.join(indir, infile)
path_outfile = path.join(outDir, outfile)

document = apdf.Document(path_infile)
device = apdf.devices.TextDevice()
device.process(document.pages[1], path_outfile)

print(infile + " converted into " + outfile)

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Convert PDF to TXT using Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET

Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET API supports most established PDF standards and PDF specifications. It allows developers to insert tables, graphs, images, hyperlinks, custom fonts - and more - into PDF documents. Moreover, it is also possible to compress PDF documents. Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET provides excellent security features to develop secure PDF documents. Some of the key features of Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET API include:

  • Ability to read & export PDF in multiple image formats including BMP, GIF, JPEG & PNG.
  • Set basic information (e.g. author, creator) of the PDF document.
  • Conversion Features: Convert PDF to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Convert PDF to Images formats. Convert PDF file to HTML format and vice versa. Convert PDF to EPUB, Text, XPS, etc.

You can find more information about Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET API on our documentation on how to use API.

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