Pdftotext

A simple Elixir package to convert .pdf file to .txt using OCR API

Module Page: hex.pm/packages/pdftotext

convert(file, key)

This is the main PDF to Text Module.

Converts the given pdf file into text.

Parameters:

1. File -> Accepts a Plug.Upload{} struct or a binary of the file.
2. Key -> Accepts a key for the OCR API. Get your key here: OCR API KEY

Returns:

{:ok, result} -> On a successful parse returns this where 'result' is a string containing the contents of the passed file.

{:error, error_message, result} -> returns a :error struct with the error_message and the partial result if any.