Part 6 - Extract text from a PDF - Build PDF App with Express & Node.js

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In this video we'll cover:
- How to extract text from a PDF

Resources:

Introduction: (0:00)
Sample PDF: (0:22)
How text stored in PDF: (0:46)
Implement the endpoint (1:33)
Test the endpoint: (9:28)
Error!: (10:01)
It works : (11:15)

[nagaprasath]

Sir I want How to edit a existing pdf in node
Please Do one video sir

[nileshpawar]

Thanks for this wonderful video,
Please create a video on creating and adding custom annotations to PDF using NodeJs.

[rubelahmmed]

Hi, how to extract the hidden text and layers for the sanitization?

[mohamedelmeziani]

thank you very much. is there a way to extract text from pdf by annotation, and classify these text in categories already defined?

[rajkumarbarla]

how to extract both text and images once simultaneously at one file

[tuojianlyu]

Thanks for making this tutorial. How to delete the input variable (pageNumber) and set it to default (the maximum number of pages)?

[mehediislamripon]

thanks for this tutorial.
I want to extract certain data from a pdf like tax, the total amount paid, seller address, etc. Can you please tell me how can I do that?

[smithshaw]

Thanks for great tutorial. Any ideas how to extract images?

[ahmeraftabpatel]

It was all well and good until it asked for license key xD