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Extracting Tables from PDF files in Ruby

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ruby

ruby-on-rails

What is the best way for extracting Tables which are embedded in PDF documents?

I am not interested solutions which work only for JRuby, or which make use of third-party APIs or web-sites.

Can you share some Ruby code on how to extract the table(s)? Which gems are best suited for the job?

I'm sure someone has had the same problem before :) I appreciate your help!

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Tilo Avatar asked Jan 28 '17 19:01

Tilo

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2 Answers

You may want to take a look at this answer (How to convert PDF to Excel or CSV in Rails 4). It solves the same problem you are trying to solve.

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theterminalguy Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 09:10

theterminalguy

Checkout this gem I think it's what your looking for: pdf-reader gem

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Zach Tuttle Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 07:10

Zach Tuttle
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