How to extract text from a PDF file?

Question

I\'m trying to extract the text included in this PDF file using Python.

I\'m using the PyPDF2 module, and have the following script:

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Answer 1

Use textract.

• http://textract.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• https://github.com/deanmalmgren/textract

It supports many types of files including PDFs

import textract
text = textract.process("path/to/file.extension")