Pdf calendar extractor

PDF Calendar Extractor

This skill provides a way to extract text elements and graphical shapes (like rectangles) from a PDF, including their positions and color properties. This is useful for processing visual calendars where appointments are represented by colored blocks.

Requirements

• pdfplumber

Example Usage: Extract Rectangles and Text

import pdfplumber

def extract_calendar_data(pdf_path):
    with pdfplumber.open(pdf_path) as pdf:
        page = pdf.pages[0]
        
        # Extract text with positions
        text_elements = page.extract_text_full() # or extract_words()
        words = page.extract_words()
        
        # Extract rectangles (appointments)
        rects = page.rects
        
        # For each rectangle, you can get:
        # rect['top'], rect['bottom'], rect['left'], rect['right']
        # rect['non_stroking_color'] (fill color)
        
        return words, rects

# Identifying 'blue' blocks
# Blue in RGB is often (0, 0, 1) or a similar variation.
# pdfplumber color formats can vary (RGB, CMYK, etc.)

Tips for Measuring Time

If the calendar has horizontal lines representing 15-minute intervals:

1. Identify all horizontal lines (page.lines where y0 == y1).
2. Sort them by vertical position (top).
3. Calculate the height of a 15-minute block.
4. Map rectangle top and bottom to specific times based on their position relative to the lines.