Pdf-figure-extractor

Extract figure from pdf without text in it

Required Packages

Install dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libopencv-dev libcv-dev libtesseract-dev  tesseract-ocr

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Installation

Install project dependencies:

npm install

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Run

If you want to execute in command line interface:

npm install -g pdf-figure-extractor

Usage:

Usage: pdf-figure-extractor [options]
 
  Options:
 
    -h, --help             output usage information
    -V, --version          output the version number
    -o, --output <path>    Directory to put results
    -i, --input <path>     Directory to process
    -t, --tmp <path>       Directory to put temporary files
    -p, --partials <path>  Directory to put figure directory

For instance:

pdf-figure-extractor --input "pdf" --output "output"

If you want to execute as a module:

const pfe = require('pdf-figure-extractor')
 
const config = {
  pdfInputPath: input,
  directoryOutputPath: output,
  directoryPartialPath: partials,
  tmp: tmp,
  debug:true
}
new pfe(config).then((self) => {
  return self.exec()
}).then((partials)=>{
  console.log(partials)
}).catch(err=>console.log(err))
 

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TODO

• Extract array
• Extract graphs (partial: heritage from array when graph have grid inside)
• Extract images