Pdftocsv

This library offers a tool to enable you to convert PDF files to CSV-like data.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pdftocsv'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pdftocsv

file_path = 'example.pdf'
pages = Pdftocsv.parse(file_path)

PDF example: example.pdf

# == Parsed data example
# pages.each do |page|
#   page.each { |rows| p rows }
# end

["Invoice"]
["DATE: [Enter date]"]
["INVOICE Invoice Number"]
["FROM:", "[Company Name]", "TO:", "[Client Name]"]
["[Email]", "[Client Email Address"]
["[Address 1]il Address", "[Address 1]"]
["[Address 2]", "[Address 2]ress 1"]
["[Phone]s 2", "[Phone] Address 2"]
["TERMS: T[Payment Terms]"]
["DUE:", "Due Datet Due Date]"]
["Item Description", "Quantity", "Price", "Amount"]
["Item1", "1.00"]
["$ 10.00", "$ 10.00"]
["Item2", "2.00"]
["$ 10.00", "$ 20.00"]
["Item3"]
["1.00", "$ 20.00", "$ 20.00"]
["Item4", "5.00"]
["$ 5.00", "$ 25.00"]
["Item5", "1.00"]
["$ 8.00", "$ 8.00"]
["$ 0.00"]
["$ 0.00"]
["$ 0.00"]
["$ 0.00"]
["$ 0.00"]
["Subtotal", "$ 83.00"]
["Tax"]
["BALANCE DUE", "$ 83.00"]
["Notes"]
["EClick here to add notes or terms of service.here"]

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kei178/pdftocsv. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Everyone interacting in the Pdftocsv project's codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.