NAME

Catmandu::Importer::PDF - Catmandu importer to extract data from one pdf

SYNOPSIS

    #From the command line

    #Export pdf information, and text

    $ catmandu convert PDF --file input.pdf to YAML

    #In a script

    use Catmandu::Sane;

    use Catmandu::Importer::PDF;

    my $importer = Catmandu::Importer::PDF->new( file => "/tmp/input.pdf" );

    $importer->each(sub{

        my $pdf = $_[0];
        #..

    });

EXAMPLE OUTPUT IN YAML

INSTALL

In order to install this package you need the following system packages installed

Centos

* perl-devel

* make

* gcc

* gcc-c++

* libyaml-devel

* libyaml

* poppler-glib ( >= 0.16 )

* poppler-glib-devel ( >= 0.16 )

Centos 6 only has poppler-glib 0.12. So you need at least Centos 7. Or you can compile the package.

Ubuntu

* libpoppler-glib8

* libpoppler-glib-dev

* gobject-introspection

* libgirepository1.0-dev

NOTES

* returns only one record, compared to other Catmandu importers

* all pages are stored in one record. For large documents this can be memory intensive.

* see also the alternative importers: PDFPages and PDFInfo

AUTHORS

Nicolas Franck <nicolas.franck at ugent.be>

SEE ALSO

Catmandu::Importer::PDFInfo, Catmandu::Importer::PDFPages, Catmandu, Catmandu::Importer , Poppler