NAME

CAM::PDF::PageText - Extract text from PDF page tree

SYNOPSIS

            

              
              
my $pdf = CAM::PDF->new($filename);
my $pageone_tree = $pdf->getPageContentTree(1);
print CAM::PDF::PageText->render($pageone_tree);
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module attempts to extract sequential text from a PDF page. This is not a robust process, as PDF text is graphically laid out in arbitrary order. This module uses a few heuristics to try to guess what text goes next to what other text, but may be fooled easily by, say, subscripts, non-horizontal text, changes in font, form fields etc.

All those disclaimers aside, it is useful for a quick dump of text from a simple PDF file.

LICENSE

Same as CAM::PDF

FUNCTIONS

$pkg->render($pagetree)

$pkg->render($pagetree, $verbose)

Turn a page content tree into a string. This is a class method that should be called like:

            

              
              
CAM::PDF::PageText->render($pagetree);
            
          

AUTHOR

See CAM::PDF