import pdfplumber from pdf2image import convert_from_path import pytesseract def extract_pdf_full_text(pdf_path, txt_path): raw_texts = [] need_ocr = [] # Step 1: Try to extract RAW text, record which pages need OCR with pdfplumber.open(pdf_path) as pdf: for i, page in enumerate(pdf.pages): print(f"Extracting text from page {i+1}...") text = page.extract_text() or "" if text.strip(): raw_texts.append(f"\n--- PAGE {i+1} RAW TEXT ---\n{text.strip()}") else: raw_texts.append(None) # Mark that we need OCR for this page need_ocr.append(i) # Step 2: OCR only those pages with no RAW text print("Running OCR where RAW text is missing...") images = convert_from_path(pdf_path, dpi=300) for idx in need_ocr: ocr_text = pytesseract.image_to_string(images[idx]) raw_texts[idx] = f"\n--- PAGE {idx+1} OCR TEXT ---\n{ocr_text.strip()}" # Step 3: Save to file (skip any leftover Nones, but there shouldn't be any) result = [txt for txt in raw_texts if txt] with open(txt_path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: f.write("\n".join(result)) print(f"✅ Saved deduped full text to {txt_path}") if __name__ == "__main__": import sys # Usage: python extract_pdf_data.py input.pdf output.txt input_pdf = sys.argv[1] output_txt = sys.argv[2] extract_pdf_full_text(input_pdf, output_txt)