pdf-extract

Extract text from PDFs with position data.

Usage

// Simple extractionlet output = pdf_strings::from_path("file.pdf")?;println!("{}", output);// Plain text// With passwordlet output = pdf_strings::PdfExtractor::builder().password("secret").build().from_path("encrypted.pdf")?;// Preserve spatial layoutprintln!("{}", output.to_string_pretty());// Access structured data with bounding boxesfor line in output.lines(){for span in line {println!("{} at {:?}", span.text, span.bbox);}}

Features

• Plain text extraction
• Spatial layout preservation
• Bounding box coordinates for every text span
• Font encoding resolution (ToUnicode, Type1, TrueType, CID, Type3)
• Password-protected PDF support
• Handles complex fonts, rotated text, and multi-column layouts

API

Three output formats:

• to_string() - Plain text
• to_string_pretty() - Character grid rendering that preserves spatial layout
• lines() - Structured data with TextSpan objects containing text, bounding boxes, and font sizes

Acknowledgements

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