The function extract
https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/heussd/pdftotext-go#Extract actually says:
Extract
PDF text content in simplified format
That might mean it will return text only and not tables /etc. You might
find a better support if you raise a git issue
in: https://github.com/heussd/pdftotext-go/issues as an idea for getting
more information
Also, LLM like gemini or chatGpt might get you a good direction:
* https://g.co/gemini/share/e146a8428b63
* https://chatgpt.com/share/679166c7-3c9c-8008-9d21-e97ae2d90f4a
On Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 10:08:51 AM UTC-6 Hugh Myrie wrote:
> I want to extract text from a PDF and preserve any table or at least
> convert it to a CSV. I am using the PDFtoText package (which uses the
> Poppler software). The text is extracted vertically (i.e. one column at a
> time) and each text is separated by a space. There is no line break making
> it difficult to manipulate. I want to extract the text horizontally to
> preserve and possible add line breaks to allow for further manipulation.
>
> Your help in this matter is appreciated. Suggest alternatives if available.
>
> Here is the Go code:
>
> package main
>
> import (
> "fmt"
> "log"
> "os"
>
> pdftotext "github.com/heussd/pdftotext-go"
> )
>
> func main() {
> // Replace "test.pdf" with the path to your PDF file
> pdfPath := "test.pdf"
> // Open the PDF file
> f, err := os.Open(pdfPath)
> if err != nil {
> log.Fatalf("Failed to open PDF file: %v", err)
> }
> defer f.Close()
> // Read the file content
> content, err := os.ReadFile(pdfPath)
> if err != nil {
> log.Fatalf("Failed to read PDF file: %v", err)
> }
> // Extract text from the PDF file
> text, err := pdftotext.Extract(content)
> if err != nil {
> log.Fatalf("Failed to extract text from PDF file: %v", err)
> }
> // Print the extracted text
> fmt.Println(text)
> }
>
>
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