Process PDF File — process_pdf_file • TextAnalysisR

Main function to process PDF files - extracts text content using pdftools. For table extraction, use process_pdf_file_py.

Usage

process_pdf_file(file_path, content_type = "auto")

Arguments

file_path: Character string path to PDF file
content_type: Character string: "auto" or "text" (default: "auto")

Value

List with:

data: Data frame with extracted content
type: Character string indicating content type ("text" or "error")
success: Logical indicating success
message: Character string with status message

Details

This function extracts text content from PDFs using pdftools package. Works best with text-based PDFs (not scanned images).

For PDFs containing tables or complex layouts, use the Python-based process_pdf_file_py which provides better table extraction.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
pdf_path <- "path/to/document.pdf"
result <- process_pdf_file(pdf_path)

if (result$success) {
  print(head(result$data))
} else {
  print(result$message)
}
} # }