Read PDF Pages to Data-list

Description

Reads a number of pages of an Adobe .pdf file at the input path and outputs the file content as a data-list, text-list and long-text

Input Ports

Name	dataType	sourceType	required	Description
Page option	text	link-manual	true	The page option allows you to read all the pages, a range of pages or a single page from the pdf file
File path	text	link-manual	true	The path to the pdf file you want to read from
Start page	number	link-manual	true	The page you want to start reading, if the page option is single, then it will only read the page you specify here. Ensure that the starting page does not exceed the last page number.
Last page	number	link-manual	false	The last page you want to read, this value is only in affect when you want to read a range of pages.

Scenarios

• The user wants to read all the pages from the pdf file.
• The user wants to read page 3 to 6 from the pdf file.
• The user wants to read only page 3 from the pdf file.

Use case

Inputs

• File path: C:/Users/admin/Desktop/example.pdf
• Start page: 2
• Last page: 4

Experienced tips

• If the file path value is empty, the process will stop and provide you with this error Pdf file path is required
• When the file path cannot be found, the process will stop and provide you with the error Invalid parameter in getDocument, need either Uint8Array, string or a parameter object

Output

Search Tags

get amount of pages that exist inside a pdf