PDF에서 한 줄씩 텍스트를 추출하는 방법

Applying License Key

Before you proceed, make sure you apply your IronPDF license key.

from ironpdf import PdfDocument

# Apply your license key to unlock library features
License.LicenseKey = "YOUR-LICENSE-KEY-HERE"

from ironpdf import PdfDocument

# Apply your license key to unlock library features
License.LicenseKey = "YOUR-LICENSE-KEY-HERE"

Replace YOUR-LICENSE-KEY-HERE with your actual IronPDF license key. This license allows you to unlock all library features for your project.

Loading the PDF File Format

You need to load an existing PDF file into your Python program. You can achieve this with the PdfDocument.FromFile method from IronPDF.

pdfFileObj = PdfDocument.FromFile("content.pdf")

pdfFileObj = PdfDocument.FromFile("content.pdf")

"content.pdf" refers to the PDF file you wish to read. This loaded PDF file is stored in the pdfFileObj variable, used as a PDF reader or the PDF file object pdfFileObj.

Extracting Text from the Entire PDF Document

If you want to grab all the text data from the PDF file at once, you can use the ExtractAllText method.

all_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractAllText()

all_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractAllText()

The ExtractAllText method is used here for demonstration purposes. This method extracts all the text from the PDF file and stores it in a variable called all_text.

Extracting Text from a Specific PDF Page

IronPDF enables text extraction from a specific page using the ExtractTextFromPage method. This method is useful when you only need text from some pages.

page_2_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractTextFromPage(1)

page_2_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractTextFromPage(1)

Here, we're extracting text from the second page, corresponding to an index of 1.

Initializing a Text File for Writing Extracted Text

with open("extracted_text.txt", "w", encoding='utf-8') as text_file:

with open("extracted_text.txt", "w", encoding='utf-8') as text_file:

Open a file named "extracted_text.txt," to save the text data. The Python's built-in open function is used for this, setting the file mode to "write" ("w"), with encoding='utf-8' to handle Unicode characters.

Loop Through Each Page for Line by Line Text Extraction

for i in range(0, pdfFileObj.get_Pages().Count):

for i in range(0, pdfFileObj.get_Pages().Count):

The above code loops through each page in the PDF file using IronPDF's get_Pages().Count to get the total number of pages.

Extract Text and Segment It into Lines

page_text = pdf.ExtractTextFromPage(i)
lines = page_text.split('\n')

page_text = pdf.ExtractTextFromPage(i)
lines = page_text.split('\n')

For each page, the ExtractTextFromPage method is used to get all the text and then use Python's split method to break it into lines. This results in a list of lines that can be looped through.

Write Extracted Lines to Text File

for eachline in lines:
    print(eachline)
    text_file.write(eachline + '\n')

for eachline in lines:
    print(eachline)
    text_file.write(eachline + '\n')

Here, the code iterates through each line in the list of lines, printing it to the console, and writing it to the file by adding a newline character (\n) after each line to properly format this text.

Complete Code

Here is the comprehensive implementation:

from ironpdf import PdfDocument

# Apply your license key
License.LicenseKey = "Your-License-Key-Here"

# Load an existing PDF file
pdfFileObj = PdfDocument.FromFile("content.pdf")

# Extract text from the entire PDF file
all_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractAllText()

# Extract text from a specific page in the file (Page 2)
page_2_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractTextFromPage(1)

# Initialize a file object for writing the extracted text
with open("extracted_text.txt", "w", encoding='utf-8') as text_file:
    # Get the number of pages in the PDF document
    num_of_pages = pdfFileObj.get_Pages().Count
    print("Number of pages in given document are ", num_of_pages)

    # Loop through each page using the Count property
    for i in range(0, num_of_pages):
        # Extract text from the current page
        page_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractTextFromPage(i)

        # Split the text by lines from this page object
        lines = page_text.split('\n')

        # Loop through the lines and print/write them
        for eachline in lines:
            print(eachline)  # Print each line to the console
            # Write each line to the text document
            text_file.write(eachline + '\n')

from ironpdf import PdfDocument

# Apply your license key
License.LicenseKey = "Your-License-Key-Here"

# Load an existing PDF file
pdfFileObj = PdfDocument.FromFile("content.pdf")

# Extract text from the entire PDF file
all_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractAllText()

# Extract text from a specific page in the file (Page 2)
page_2_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractTextFromPage(1)

# Initialize a file object for writing the extracted text
with open("extracted_text.txt", "w", encoding='utf-8') as text_file:
    # Get the number of pages in the PDF document
    num_of_pages = pdfFileObj.get_Pages().Count
    print("Number of pages in given document are ", num_of_pages)

    # Loop through each page using the Count property
    for i in range(0, num_of_pages):
        # Extract text from the current page
        page_text = pdfFileObj.ExtractTextFromPage(i)

        # Split the text by lines from this page object
        lines = page_text.split('\n')

        # Loop through the lines and print/write them
        for eachline in lines:
            print(eachline)  # Print each line to the console
            # Write each line to the text document
            text_file.write(eachline + '\n')

Output

Run the Python file by writing the following command in the Visual Studio Code terminal:

python main.py

python main.py

This outcome will show on the terminal:

The extracted text

It is the retrieved text from the PDF file. You'll also notice a text document created in your directory.

The extracted text stored in TXT file

In this text file, you'll find the text format that has been retrieved, presented sequentially.

The extracted text file content