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Ugliest Unicorn answered on October 31, 2023 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 2/10

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def convert_pdf_to_txt(pdf_file_nm):

    # If you need to assign tesseract to path
    # pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r'C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe'

    dir = './pdf/'
    pdf_path = dir + pdf_file_nm    
    output_filename = pdf_file_nm.replace('.pdf','') + ".txt"
    output_path = './text/'+ output_filename
    pages = convert_from_path(pdf_path)
    pg_cntr = 1
    #list = []


    sub_dir = str("images/" + pdf_path.split('/')[-1].replace('.pdf','') + "/")

    ## To ensure directory is exist / created
    if not os.path.exists(sub_dir):
        os.makedirs(sub_dir)

    for page in pages:
        print("ok")
        filename = "pg_"+str(pg_cntr)+'_'+pdf_path.split('/')[-1].replace('.pdf','.jpg')
        page.save(sub_dir+filename)
        
        ###list.append(str(pytesseract.image_to_string(sub_dir+filename)))

        with io.open(output_path, 'a+', encoding='utf8') as f:
            f.write(str("======================================================== PAGE " + str(pg_cntr) + " ========================================================\n"))
            f.write(str(pytesseract.image_to_string(sub_dir+filename)+"\n"))
            f.write(str(devider))
        pg_cntr += 1
            
    print('1. Process to convert PDF to image completed successfully.\n')

    return output_filename

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