Batch extract text from PDFs

To batch extract text from PDFs, you can use Python with the PyMuPDF (fitz) or PyPDF2 libraries. Here’s a simple script using PyMuPDF, which is efficient and supports complex PDF structures better than most alternatives:

🐍 Python Script to Batch Extract Text from PDFs

python
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import os
import fitz  # PyMuPDF

def extract_text_from_pdfs(folder_path, output_folder):
    if not os.path.exists(output_folder):
        os.makedirs(output_folder)

    for filename in os.listdir(folder_path):
        if filename.lower().endswith('.pdf'):
            pdf_path = os.path.join(folder_path, filename)
            doc = fitz.open(pdf_path)
            all_text = ""

            for page in doc:
                all_text += page.get_text()

            output_path = os.path.join(output_folder, f"{os.path.splitext(filename)[0]}.txt")
            with open(output_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as text_file:
                text_file.write(all_text)

            doc.close()
            print(f"Extracted text from: {filename}")

# Example usage
input_folder = "path/to/pdf/folder"
output_folder = "path/to/output/folder"
extract_text_from_pdfs(input_folder, output_folder)

🔧 How to Use

1. Install PyMuPDF:

   bash
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   pip install PyMuPDF
   

2. Replace "path/to/pdf/folder" and "path/to/output/folder" with your actual directories.

3. Run the script. It will generate .txt files with the extracted text for each PDF in the specified output folder.

Let me know if you want a version using PyPDF2 or pdfplumber for specific extraction needs (e.g., table data).