Extracting text data from PDF files

Question

Is it possible to parse text data from PDF files in R? There does not appear to be a relevant package for such extraction, but has anyone attempted or seen this done in R?

Answer 1

install.packages("pdftools")
library(pdftools)


download.file("http://www.nfl.com/liveupdate/gamecenter/56901/DEN_Gamebook.pdf", 
              "56901.DEN.Gamebook", mode = "wb")

txt <- pdf_text("56901.DEN.Gamebook")
cat(txt[1])