How to Extract Tabular Data from PDF

Explore how to develop a command-line utility for extracting tables from PDF documents using Python. Understand the use of libraries like Tabula-py to convert PDF tables into CSV format, simplifying data analysis for large financial reports or similar documents.

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Introduction

PDF documents, mainly financial reports, carry out a lot of information in tabular form.

For small PDF documents with minimal data, it’s easier to extract such data manually using the copy/paste feature.

However, it is better for large documents to streamline this process by adopting an efficient tool to automate such tedious tasks.

Extracting tabular data from PDF documents has always been a cumbersome process, but with the help of Python and its stunning libraries, you can automate this job with a few lines of code.

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How to Extract Tabular Data from PDF

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