This gem embeds functionality of PDFLayoutTextStripper
Add this line to your JRuby application's Gemfile:
gem 'pdf-textstream'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install pdf-textstream
plain_text = Pdf::Textstream.file_path_to_text("path/to/file.pdf")
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 tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mic-kul/pdf-textstream.
The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.