Popcorn Sutton Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I need help and I don't have the brainpower to research anymore (for today at least... that typically happens when I'm focusing all my mental energy on technicalities). I need to know 1. how to (here's an example) download the pdf automatically (using python) from a link, (i.e. http://www.xxx.gov/18746/app=get%20inmates.pdf) and 2. how to convert the pdf to a file that can be processed by OCR (such as pytesser). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Google bankrupted? Query: "python download file" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22676/how-do-i-download-a-file-over-http-using-python Query: "pytesser" https://code.google.com/p/pytesser/ Answer: it needs image. Such as PNG, JPG etc. Why on earth do you want to OCR PDF when you can get raw text without OCR? Query: "python pdf reader" http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25665/python-module-for-converting-pdf-to-text Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Sutton Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 I've seen all of those resources by now 😥 I might have to try alternative search engines. Beaheaheahhhhh That was a joke... unless it isn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Sutton Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 After three days of deliberation on this one, I think that I may have found a solution. I really hate knowing that it took me literally 15 hours to find it, but I'm winning. If anyone happens to stumble across this thread and needs the same help as I needed, here is the simplest answer (because pdfMiner and PyPDF are extremely complex with a very steep learning curve). - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/slate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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