How to extract text from a PDF file in Python?

Question

How can I extract text from a PDF file in Python?

I tried the following:

import sys
import pyPdf

def convertPdf2String(path):
      content = \"\"
          


        

Answer 1

if you are running linux or mac you can use ps2ascii command in your code:

import os

input="someFile.pdf"
output="out.txt"
os.system(("ps2ascii %s %s") %( input , output))