Cracking the Code: Extracting Text from PDFs with Python

Edward Jones
4 min readApr 7, 2024
Figure 1: High-Level Overview

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to extract text from a PDF document? Maybe you’re trying to automate a process at work, or perhaps you’re just curious about how to tackle this common programming challenge. Well, buckle up, because today you’re diving into a Python solution that’s as cool as a cucumber wearing sunglasses!

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