Pdf text extraction

Skill cxcscmu/SkillLearnBench/skills/b1-one-shot-claude-opus-4-6/organize-messy-files/pdf-text-extraction

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Extract text from PDF files using Python libraries (PyPDF2, pdfplumber) for content analysis and classification.

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PDF Text Extraction

Libraries

PyPDF2: Fast, good for simple text extraction
pdfplumber: Better for complex layouts, tables

Usage Pattern

import PyPDF2

def extract_pdf_text(filepath, max_pages=3):
    """Extract text from first few pages of a PDF for classification."""
    text = ""
    try:
        with open(filepath, 'rb') as f:
            reader = PyPDF2.PdfReader(f)
            for i, page in enumerate(reader.pages[:max_pages]):
                text += page.extract_text() or ""
    except Exception:
        pass
    return text

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