thomassuedbroecker / convert_pdf_to_json

Convert PDF to JSON

The Convert PDF to JSON repository contains functionality to convert PDF files to JSON files. You use the Python program and a bash automation to convert multiple PDF files. The Python program uses the PyPDF2 library.

With the 'Convert PDF to JSON' repository, you can define the root folder in the bash file. The bash automation efficiently iterates through all documents, executing the Python program to read the PDF files and convert them into JSON files by separating each page as an entry in a nested JSON array. This streamlined process ensures maximum productivity.

As a result of the conversion process, the PDF files are transformed into JSON files. These JSON files are structured as a JSON array, with each page of the original PDF file represented as an entry in the array.

{ 
  "file": "/path/to/pdf_file/file.pdf",
  "pdf_pages" : 
    [{"page":"1","content":"xxx"},
     {"page":"2","content":"yyy"}]
}

• Clone the project

git clone https://github.com/thomassuedbroecker/convert_pdf_to_json.git

• Create folders

mkdir pdf_input
mkdir pdf_export

• Create a virtual Python environment

python3 -m venv .venv
source ./.venv/bin/activate

• Install need Phython libraries.

python3 -m pip install PyPDF2
# python3 -m pip install python-docx

• Create an .env file

cat env_template >> .env

.env file content

export PDF_FILE=
export JSON_FILE=

• Extract text from pdf and save it into JSON

bash show_pdf.sh

• Resulting JSON format

{
    "file": "/path/to/pdf_file/file.pdf",
    "pages": [
        {
            "page": 0,
            "content": "CONTENT"
        },
        {
            "page": 1,
            "content": "CONTENT"
        }
    ]
}