Module: IMW::Formats::Pdf

Defined in:
lib/imw/formats/pdf.rb

Overview

Defines methods for parsing and generating PDF.

Uses PDF::Reader for parsing and Prawn for generating.

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Snippetizer

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#snippet ⇒ String

Return a snippet of text from this PDF.

Returns:



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# File 'lib/imw/formats/pdf.rb', line 12

def snippet
  begin
    require 'pdf/reader'
    snippetizer = Snippetizer.new
    PDF::Reader.file(path, snippetizer)
    snippetizer.snippet
  rescue Snippetizer::SnippetEndError
    snippetizer.snippet
  rescue
    ''
  end
end