Import text from Portable Document Format files

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Import Portable Document Format (.pdf) files.

https://github.com/euske/pdfminer/ Python & MIT

https://github.com/mstamy2/PyPDF2 Python & BSD

https://github.com/pmaupin/pdfrw Python & MIT/BSD

https://sourceforge.net/projects/podofo/ C++ & LGPL

PDF files also have a number of sub-formats/standards (different from the format's version number ) such as providing extra support for people with disabilities.

• PDF/UA-1 (Universal Accessibility)
• PDF/VT-1 (Variable and transactional printing)
• PDF/VT-2 (Variable and transactional printing)
• PDF/E-1 (Engineering)
• PDF/A-1 (Archive)
• PDF/A-2 (Archive)
• PDF/A-3 (Archive)
• PDF/X-1a (Data Exchange)
• PDF/X-2 (Data Exchange)
• PDF/X-3 (Data Exchange)
• PDF/X-4 (Data Exchange)
• PDF/X-5 (Data Exchange)