read_pdf_text
This package parses text out of PDF documents and returns it as a string.
Android
On Android the plugin uses PDFbox open source library modified by Tom Roush.
iOS
The iOS plugin uses PDFKit to parse the text out of PDF documents. It requires iOS version 11 or higher.
Getting Started
The package only has three functions getPDFtext(path), getPDFtextPaginated(path) and getPDFlength(path). Path is the file path to the PDF file you want to parse. I used file_picker package in the example to get the path of the PDF file.
Check the example for more details.
Example
getPDFtext(String path)
Returns all text from PDF file as a String.
Future<String> getPDFtext(String path) async {
String text = "";
try {
text = await ReadPdfText.getPDFtext(path);
} on PlatformException {
text = 'Failed to get PDF text.';
}
return text;
}
getPDFtextPaginated(path)
Returns all text from PDF but in a List
Future<List<String>> getPDFtextPaginated(String path) async {
List<String> textList = List<String>();
try {
textList = await ReadPdfText.getPDFtextPaginated(path);
} on PlatformException {}
return textList;
}
getPDFlength(path)
Returns length of the document as integer.
Future<int> getPDFlength(String path) async {
int length = 0;
try {
length = await ReadPdfText.getPDFlength(path);
} on PlatformException {}
return length;
}