[952] Extract text from a PDF file (PyMuPDF | MuPDF | fitz)

Using PyMuPDF (MuPDF)

First, we need to install the PyMuPDF library:

pip install pymupdf

Then, we can use the following code to extract text from a PDF file

import fitz # PyMuPDF
 
def extract_text_from_pdf(pdf_path):
    text = ''
    with fitz.open(pdf_path) as pdf_document:
        for page_num in range(pdf_document.page_count):
            page = pdf_document[page_num]
            text += page.get_text()
    return text
 
pdf_path = 'path/to/your/file.pdf'
extracted_text = extract_text_from_pdf(pdf_path)
print(extracted_text)

Replace 'path/to/your/file.pdf' with the actual path to your PDF file. Keep in mind that the effectiveness of text extraction from a PDF depends on the complexity and formatting of the PDF. Some PDFs may have text stored as images, making text extraction less accurate.

Choose the library that best fits your needs based on your specific requirements and the nature of the PDF files you are working with.