Pdfplumber

pdfplumber is a powerful Python library for extracting detailed information from PDF files, including text, tables, individual characters, shapes, and more. It allows precise programmatic access to underlying PDF content, making it highly useful for data extraction, automation, and analysis tasks.

Language

Python

Latest Release

v0.11.9

License

MIT License

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Key Features

Extracts text from PDF files
Detects and extracts tables from PDFs
Provides access to individual PDF elements (characters, lines, shapes)
Supports complex PDF layouts
Pythonic API for easy integration

Alternative Tools

pdfminerPyPDF2Tabula-pycamelot

Resources

GitHub Repository Official Website Documentation

Community

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Forks

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