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Text extraction is one of the most fundamental features of GroupDocs.Parser. The API allows you to extract text from:
- PDF documents
- Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Email messages
- Images (with OCR)
- eBooks (EPUB, FB2, CHM)
- And 50+ other formats
GroupDocs.Parser’s text extractor is easy to use and powerful at the same time. For advanced text extraction scenarios, refer to the advanced usage section.
To extract text from documents, simply call the get_text method:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
with Parser("./sample.docx") as parser:
text_reader = parser.get_text()
The method returns a text reader object with the extracted text.
Here are the steps to extract text from a document:
- Instantiate the
Parserobject with the source document path - Call the
get_textmethod and obtain the text reader object - Read the text from the reader
The following code snippet shows how to extract text from a document:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
# Create an instance of Parser class
with Parser("./sample.docx") as parser:
# Extract text into the reader
text_reader = parser.get_text()
if text_reader is not None:
# Print the extracted text
extracted_text = text_reader
print(extracted_text)
else:
print("Text extraction isn't supported for this format")
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.docx
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
# Open the file stream
with open("sample.pdf", "rb") as stream:
# Create an instance of Parser class with the stream
with Parser(stream) as parser:
# Extract text into the reader
text_reader = parser.get_text()
if text_reader is not None:
# Print the extracted text
extracted_text = text_reader
print(extracted_text)
else:
print("Text extraction isn't supported for this format")
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.pdf
You can also extract text from specific pages in a document:
from groupdocs.parser import Parser
with Parser("./sample.pdf") as parser:
# Get document info to check page count
doc_info = parser.get_document_info()
# Check if the document has pages
if doc_info.page_count > 0:
# Extract text from the first page (page index is 0-based)
text_reader = parser.get_text(0)
if text_reader:
print(f"Text from page 1:")
print(text_reader)
The following sample file is used in this example: sample.pdf
To learn more about text extraction features, including formatted text, text structure, and search functionality, please refer to the advanced usage section.
You may find more code examples in our GitHub repository:
Along with the full-featured library, we provide a free online text extractor app. You are welcome to extract text from your documents with our Free Online Document Parser App.
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