Convert PDF to TXT via Python

PDF to TXT Python conversion. Programmers can use this example code to export PDF to TXT within any .NET Framework, .NET Core, and PHP, VBScript, C++ via COM Interop.

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Convert PDF to TXT in Python for .NET

How to convert PDF to TXT? You can easily convert programmatically a document from PDF to TXT format with a modern document-processing Python API. Use just a few lines of code to convert files with high quality. The Aspose.PDF library will allow any developer to easily solve the tasks of converting PDF to TXT using Python.

For a more detailed description of the code snippet and other possible conversion formats, see the Documentation pages. Also, you can check the other conversions of formats, which are supported by our library.

With Aspose.PDF for .NET library you can convert PDF to TXT programmatically. PDF software from Aspose is ideal for individuals, small or large businesses. Since it is able to process a large amount of information, perform the conversion quickly and efficiently and protect your data. A peculiar feature from Aspose.PDF is an API for converting PDF to TXT. The trait of this approach is that you only need to open the NuGet package manager, search for ‘Aspose.PDF for .NET’, and install it without any special complex settings. (Use the command from the Package Manager Console for installing). To verify the benefits of the library, try using the conversion PDF to TXT code snippet. You may also use the following command from the Package Manager Console:

Python Package Manager Console

pip install aspose-pdf

How to Convert PDF to TXT

Python for .NET developers can easily load & convert PDF files to TXT in just a few lines of code.

  1. Initialize a new Document
  2. Create & set the instance of TextDevice class with Size & Resolution
  3. Call TextDevice.Process method with page index & output file path as parameters
  4. Save the output TXT file

Here is an example that demonstrates how to convert PDF to TXT in Python. You can follow these easy steps to convert your PDF file to TXT format. First, upload your PDF file and then simply save it as a TXT file. You can use fully qualified filenames for both PDF reading and TXT writing. The output TXT content and formatting will be identical to the original PDF document.

Example: Convert PDF to TXT via Python

This sample code shows PDF to TXT Python Conversion

Input file:

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Output format:

TXT

Output file:

    def convert_PDF_to_TXT(self, infile, outfile):

        path_infile = self.dataDir + infile
        path_outfile = self.dataDir + outfile

        # Open PDF document

        document = Document(path_infile)

        # Create Text device

        textDevice = TextDevice()

        # Convert a particular page and save the image to stream

        textDevice.Process(document, path_outfile)

        print(infile + " converted into " + outfile)

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Convert PDF to TXT using Python for .NET

Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET API supports most established PDF standards and PDF specifications. It allows developers to insert tables, graphs, images, hyperlinks, custom fonts - and more - into PDF documents. Moreover, it is also possible to compress PDF documents. Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET provides excellent security features to develop secure PDF documents. Some of the key features of Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET API include:

  • Ability to read & export PDF in multiple image formats including BMP, GIF, JPEG & PNG.
  • Set basic information (e.g. author, creator) of the PDF document.
  • Conversion Features: Convert PDF to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Convert PDF to Images formats. Convert PDF file to HTML format and vice versa. Convert PDF to EPUB, Text, XPS, etc.

You can find more information about Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET API on our documentation on how to use API.