PDF Extract Create Workflow

curl -L -A "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.0.0 Safari/537.36" -o output.pdf "URL_HERE"

curl -L \
  -A "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36" \
  -H "Accept: application/pdf,*/*" \
  -H "Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.9" \
  -H "Connection: keep-alive" \
  -o output.pdf "URL_HERE"

file output.pdf

pdftotext output.pdf output.txt

# Debian/Ubuntu
apt-get update && apt-get install -y poppler-utils

# macOS
brew install poppler

# RHEL/CentOS
yum install -y poppler-utils

import fitz  # PyMuPDF

doc = fitz.open("output.pdf")
text = ""
for page in doc:
    text += page.get_text()
doc.close()

with open("output.txt", "w") as f:
    f.write(text)

pip install pymupdf

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pip install reportlab

from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, PageBreak
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet, ParagraphStyle
from reportlab.lib.units import inch
from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_CENTER, TA_LEFT

def create_structured_pdf(output_path, title, sections):
    """
    Create a structured PDF with title page and sections.
    
    Args:
        output_path: Path for output PDF
        title: Document title
        sections: List of dicts with 'heading' and 'content' keys
    """
    doc = SimpleDocTemplate(
        output_path,
        pagesize=letter,
        rightMargin=72,
        leftMargin=72,
        topMargin=72,
        bottomMargin=72
    )
    
    styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
    story = []
    
    # Title Page
    title_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'CustomTitle',
        parent=styles['Heading1'],
        fontSize=24,
        alignment=TA_CENTER,
        spaceAfter=30
    )
    story.append(Paragraph(title, title_style))
    story.append(Spacer(1, 2*inch))
    story.append(PageBreak())
    
    # Content Sections
    heading_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'CustomHeading',
        parent=styles['Heading2'],
        fontSize=16,
        spaceBefore=12,
        spaceAfter=6
    )
    body_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'CustomBody',
        parent=styles['Normal'],
        fontSize=11,
        leading=14,
        spaceAfter=12
    )
    
    for section in sections:
        story.append(Paragraph(section['heading'], heading_style))
        # Handle long text by splitting into paragraphs
        for paragraph in section['content'].split('\n\n'):
            if paragraph.strip():
                story.append(Paragraph(paragraph, body_style))
        story.append(Spacer(1, 0.2*inch))
    
    doc.build(story)
    print(f"PDF created: {output_path}")

from reportlab.platypus import Table, TableStyle
from reportlab.lib import colors

def create_table(data, col_widths=None):
    """
    Create a formatted table for PDF.
    
    Args:
        data: List of lists (rows x columns)
        col_widths: Optional list of column widths
    """
    table = Table(data, colWidths=col_widths)
    table.setStyle(TableStyle([
        # Header row
        ('BACKGROUND', (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.grey),
        ('TEXTCOLOR', (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.whitesmoke),
        ('ALIGN', (0, 0), (-1, -1), 'LEFT'),
        ('FONTNAME', (0, 0), (-1, 0), 'Helvetica-Bold'),
        ('FONTSIZE', (0, 0), (-1, 0), 12),
        ('BOTTOMPADDING', (0, 0), (-1, 0), 12),
        # Data rows
        ('BACKGROUND', (0, 1), (-1, -1), colors.beige),
        ('TEXTCOLOR', (0, 1), (-1, -1), colors.black),
        ('FONTNAME', (0, 1), (-1, -1), 'Helvetica'),
        ('FONTSIZE', (0, 1), (-1, -1), 10),
        # Grid
        ('GRID', (0, 0), (-1, -1), 1, colors.black),
        ('ROWBACKGROUNDS', (0, 1), (-1, -1), [colors.white, colors.lightgrey]),
    ]))
    return table

from reportlab.lib.pagesizes import letter
from reportlab.platypus import SimpleDocTemplate, Paragraph, Spacer, PageBreak, Table, TableStyle
from reportlab.lib.styles import getSampleStyleSheet, ParagraphStyle
from reportlab.lib.enums import TA_CENTER
from reportlab.lib import colors

def create_report_pdf(output_path, title, subtitle, sections, table_data=None):
    """
    Create a complete report PDF with title, sections, and optional tables.
    
    Args:
        output_path: Output PDF path
        title: Main title
        subtitle: Subtitle or date
        sections: List of {'heading': str, 'content': str} dicts
        table_data: Optional list of lists for tables
    """
    doc = SimpleDocTemplate(
        output_path,
        pagesize=letter,
        rightMargin=50,
        leftMargin=50,
        topMargin=50,
        bottomMargin=50
    )
    
    styles = getSampleStyleSheet()
    story = []
    
    # Title Page
    title_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'Title',
        parent=styles['Heading1'],
        fontSize=28,
        alignment=TA_CENTER,
        spaceAfter=20,
        fontName='Helvetica-Bold'
    )
    subtitle_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'Subtitle',
        parent=styles['Normal'],
        fontSize=14,
        alignment=TA_CENTER,
        spaceAfter=50,
        textColor=colors.darkgrey
    )
    
    story.append(Paragraph(title, title_style))
    story.append(Paragraph(subtitle, subtitle_style))
    story.append(PageBreak())
    
    # Content
    heading_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'SectionHeading',
        parent=styles['Heading2'],
        fontSize=16,
        spaceBefore=20,
        spaceAfter=10,
        fontName='Helvetica-Bold',
        textColor=colors.darkblue
    )
    body_style = ParagraphStyle(
        'Body',
        parent=styles['Normal'],
        fontSize=11,
        leading=15,
        spaceAfter=12
    )
    
    for i, section in enumerate(sections):
        story.append(Paragraph(section['heading'], heading_style))
        
        # Split content into paragraphs
        for para in section['content'].split('\n\n'):
            if para.strip():
                # Handle very long paragraphs
                story.append(Paragraph(para, body_style))
        
        # Add table after specific section if provided
        if table_data and i == 0:
            story.append(Spacer(1, 0.3*inch))
            table = Table(table_data)
            table.setStyle(TableStyle([
                ('BACKGROUND', (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.darkblue),
                ('TEXTCOLOR', (0, 0), (-1, 0), colors.white),
                ('ALIGN', (0, 0), (-1, -1), 'LEFT'),
                ('FONTNAME', (0, 0), (-1, 0), 'Helvetica-Bold'),
                ('GRID', (0, 0), (-1, -1), 0.5, colors.grey),
                ('ROWBACKGROUNDS', (0, 1), (-1, -1), [colors.white, colors.lightgrey]),
            ]))
            story.append(table)
            story.append(Spacer(1, 0.3*inch))
        
        if i < len(sections) - 1:
            story.append(PageBreak())
    
    doc.build(story)
    return output_path

# Example usage
if __name__ == "__main__":
    sections = [
        {
            'heading': 'Section 1: Overview',
            'content': 'This is the first section content...\n\nAdditional paragraph here.'
        },
        {
            'heading': 'Section 2: Details',
            'content': 'Detailed information goes here...'
        }
    ]
    
    table_data = [
        ['Header 1', 'Header 2', 'Header 3'],
        ['Row 1 Col 1', 'Row 1 Col 2', 'Row 1 Col 3'],
        ['Row 2 Col 1', 'Row 2 Col 2', 'Row 2 Col 3'],
    ]
    
    create_report_pdf(
        "output_report.pdf",
        "Report Title",
        "Generated: 2024",
        sections,
        table_data
    )

def safe_pdf_generation(output_path, title, sections, max_retries=3):
    """
    Generate PDF with retry logic and error handling.
    """
    import traceback
    from reportlab.lib.utils import ImageReader
    
    for attempt in range(max_retries):
        try:
            create_report_pdf(output_path, title, sections)
            # Verify file was created
            import os
            if os.path.exists(output_path) and os.path.getsize(output_path) > 0:
                print(f"✓ PDF generated successfully: {output_path}")
                return True
            else:
                raise Exception("PDF file empty or not created")
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Attempt {attempt + 1}/{max_retries} failed: {e}")
            if attempt < max_retries - 1:
                import time
                time.sleep(1)  # Brief delay before retry
            else:
                print(f"PDF generation failed after {max_retries} attempts")
                print(traceback.format_exc())
                # Fallback: create minimal text file
                with open(output_path.replace('.pdf', '.txt'), 'w') as f:
                    f.write(f"Title: {title}\n\n")
                    for section in sections:
                        f.write(f"{section['heading']}\n{section['content']}\n\n")
                return False