g0v/pdf-to-markdown

Name: pdf-to-markdown

Owner: g0v

Description: Convert PDF files into markdown files

Created: 2015-05-23 16:43:23.0

Updated: 2015-05-23 16:43:24.0

Pushed: 2015-05-24 14:20:38.0

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Size: 6558

Language: Python

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README

PDF To Markdown

This is NOT a general-purpose converter. Currently only for urban planning document in Taiwan.

Demo

From this PDF file, we generate:

• Gitbook version
• Simple markdown

System Requirement

You should install pdfminer first.

If your PDF file doesn't contain Chinese Characters

sudo apt-get install python-pdfminer

Else

git clone git@github.com:euske/pdfminer.git
cd pdfminer
make cmap
sudo python setup.py install

The make cmap is necessary for documents containing Chinese characters.

Usage

Just type

python main.py <pdf>

For example, you can use our example PDF file:

python main.py examples/neihu.pdf