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

const pdftotext = require('pdftotextjs');
const 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()
.then(function(result) {
  console.log(result);
})
.catch(function (err) {
  console.error(err);
});

Synchronous example

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

const data = pdf.getTextSync(); // returns buffer
console.log(data.toString('utf8'));

Tests

$ npm test