Production-ready PDF processing with forms, tables, OCR, validation, and batch operations. Use when working with complex PDF workflows in production environments, processing large volumes of PDFs, or requiring robust error handling and validation. Do NOT use for simple text extraction - use pdf-extract for quick reads.
Production-ready PDF processing toolkit with pre-built scripts, comprehensive error handling, and support for complex workflows.
import pdfplumber
with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf:
text = pdf.pages[0].extract_text()
print(text)
python scripts/analyze_form.py input.pdf --output fields.json
# Returns: JSON with all form fields, types, and positions
python scripts/fill_form.py input.pdf data.json output.pdf
# Validates all fields before filling, includes error reporting
python scripts/extract_tables.py report.pdf --output tables.csv
# Extracts all tables with automatic column detection
--help on all scripts)Complete form workflows including field analysis, dynamic filling, validation rules, multi-page forms, and checkbox/radio handling. See references/forms.md.
Complex table extraction including multi-page tables, merged cells, nested tables, custom detection, and CSV/Excel export. See references/tables.md.
Scanned PDFs and image-based documents including Tesseract integration, language support, image preprocessing, and confidence scoring. See references/ocr.md.
| Script | Purpose | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| analyze_form.py | Extract form field info | python scripts/analyze_form.py input.pdf [--output fields.json] [--verbose] |
| fill_form.py | Fill PDF forms with data | python scripts/fill_form.py input.pdf data.json output.pdf [--validate] |
| validate_form.py | Validate form data before filling | python scripts/validate_form.py data.json schema.json |
| extract_tables.py | Extract tables to CSV/Excel | python scripts/extract_tables.py input.pdf [--output tables.csv] [--format csv|excel] |
| extract_text.py | Extract text with formatting | python scripts/extract_text.py input.pdf [--output text.txt] [--preserve-formatting] |
| merge_pdfs.py | Merge multiple PDFs | python scripts/merge_pdfs.py file1.pdf file2.pdf --output merged.pdf |
| split_pdf.py | Split PDF into pages | python scripts/split_pdf.py input.pdf --output-dir pages/ |
| validate_pdf.py | Validate PDF integrity | python scripts/validate_pdf.py input.pdf |
All scripts require:
pip install pdfplumber pypdf pillow pytesseract pandas
Optional for OCR:
# macOS: brew install tesseract
# Ubuntu: apt-get install tesseract-ocr
# Windows: Download from GitHub releases
| File | Contents |
|---|---|
| references/forms.md | Complete form processing guide |
| references/tables.md | Advanced table extraction |
| references/ocr.md | Scanned PDF processing |
| references/workflows.md | Common workflows, error handling, performance tips, best practices |
| references/troubleshooting.md | Troubleshooting common issues and getting help |