Class: AIPP::PDF

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/aipp/pdf.rb

Overview

PDF to text reader with support for pages and fencing

Examples:

pdf = AIPP::PDF.new("/path/to/file.pdf")
pdf.file   # => #<Pathname:/path/to/file.pdf>
pdf.from(100).to(200).each_line_with_position do |line, page, last|
  line   # => line content (e.g. "first line")
  page   # => page number (e.g. 1)
  last   # => last line boolean (true for last line, false otherwise)
end

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(file, cache: true) ⇒ PDF

Returns a new instance of PDF.



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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 16

def initialize(file, cache: true)
  @file = file.is_a?(Pathname) ? file : Pathname(file)
  @text, @page_ranges = cache ? read_cache : read
  @from = 0
  @to = @last = @text.length - 1
end

Instance Attribute Details

#fileObject (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute file.



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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 14

def file
  @file
end

Instance Method Details

#each_line {|line, page, last| ... } ⇒ Enumerator Also known as: each

Executes the block for every line and passes the line content, page number and end of document boolean.

If no block is given, an enumerator is returned instead.

Yield Parameters:

  • line (String)

    content of the line

  • page (Integer)

    page number the line is found on within the PDF

  • last (Boolean)

    true for the last line, false otherwise

Returns:

  • (Enumerator)


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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 82

def each_line
  return enum_for(:each) unless block_given?
  offset, last_line_index = @from, lines.count - 1
  lines.each_with_index do |line, line_index|
    yield(line, page_for(index: offset), line_index == last_line_index)
    offset += line.length
  end
end

#from(index) ⇒ self

Fence the PDF beginning with this index

Parameters:

  • index (Integer, Symbol)

    either an integer position within the text string or :begin to indicate “first existing position”

Returns:

  • (self)


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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 33

def from(index)
  index = 0 if index == :begin
  fail ArgumentError unless (0..@to).include? index
  @from = index
  self
end

#inspectString

Returns:



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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 24

def inspect
  %Q(#<#{self.class} file=#{@file} range=#{range}>)
end

#linesArray

Text split to individual lines

Returns:



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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 69

def lines
  text.split(/(?<=[\n\f])/)
end

#rangeRange<Integer>

Get the current fencing range

Returns:



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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 55

def range
  (@from..@to)
end

#textString

Text string of the PDF with fencing applied

Returns:

  • (String)

    PDF converted to string



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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 62

def text
  @text[range]
end

#to(index) ⇒ self

Fence the PDF ending with this index

Parameters:

  • index (Integer, Symbol)

    either an integer position within the text string or :end to indicate “last existing position”

Returns:

  • (self)


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# File 'lib/aipp/pdf.rb', line 45

def to(index)
  index = @last if index == :end
  fail ArgumentError unless (@from..@last).include? index
  @to = index
  self
end