Extract Text From PDF

# http://www.pillalamarri.in/python/extract-text-from-pdf/
import pdf2image
import os, sys
try:
    from PIL import Image
except ImportError:
    import Image
import pytesseract

PATH = 'Enter your path'

#initialize the counter that you will use later in your pdf extraction function
i = 1

def delete_ppms():
  for file in os.listdir(PATH):
    if '.ppm' in file or '.DS_Store' in file:
      try:
          os.remove(PATH + file)
      except FileNotFoundError:
          pass

pdf_files = []
docx_files = []

# append document names into the lists by their extension type
for f in os.listdir(PATH):
  full_name = os.path.join(PATH, f) 
  if os.path.isfile(full_name):
    name = os.path.basename(f)
    filename, ext = os.path.splitext(name)
    if ext == '.pdf':
      pdf_files.append(name)
    elif ext == ('.docx'):
      docx_files.append(name)

def pdf_extract(file, i):
  print("extracting from file:", file)
  delete_ppms()
  images = pdf2image.convert_from_path(PATH + file, output_folder=PATH)
  j = 0
  for file in sorted (os.listdir(PATH)):
      if '.ppm' in file and 'image' not in file:
        os.rename(PATH + file, PATH + 'image' + str(i) + '-' + str(j) + '.ppm')
        j += 1
  j = 0
  f = open(PATH +'result{}.txt'.format(i), 'w')
  files = [f for f in os.listdir(PATH) if '.ppm' in f]

  for file in sorted(files, key=lambda x: int(x[x.index('-') + 1: x.index('.')])):
      temp = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(PATH + file))
      f.write(temp)
  f.close()

for i in range(len(pdf_files)):
  pdf_file = pdf_files[i]
  pdf_extract(pdf_file, i)
# http://www.pillalamarri.in/python/extract-text-from-pdf/