pdf2json-tryout.js

"use strict";

var PFParser = require("pdf2json"); 
var pdfParser = new PFParser();
 
pdfParser.on("pdfParser_dataReady", function(data) {
  console.log('pdf file: ' + data.pdfFilePath);
  console.log('page count: ' + data.data.Pages.length);
  console.log('\n\n');
  
  var firstPage = data.data.Pages[0];
  var text = firstPage.Texts.map(function(t) {
    return t.R[0].T
  });
  console.log('FIRST PAGE TEXT');
  console.log('---------------');
  console.log(text[0]);
  console.log('\n\n');
  
  console.log('DATA');
  console.log('----');
  console.log(data);
  console.log('\n\n');
  
  console.log('FIRST PAGE');
  console.log('----------');  
  console.log(firstPage);
  console.log('\n\n');    
});
 
pdfParser.on("pdfParser_dataError", function(error) {
  console.error(error);
});
 
var args = process.argv.slice(2); 
var pdfFilePath = args[0];
console.log('loading pdf...');
 
pdfParser.loadPDF(pdfFilePath);