@bader-nasser/pdftools/dist/commands/convert/index.js

PDF tools to manipulate and process PDF files

import { Args, Flags } from '@oclif/core';
import fs from 'fs-extra';
import { getTextExtractor } from 'office-text-extractor';
import { addExtension, removeExtension,
// Removing the extension will make the built cli crash
 } from '../../utils.js';
import { BaseCommand } from '../../base-command.js';
export default class Convert extends BaseCommand {
    static description = `Convert PDF to text file`;
    static examples = [
        '<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> file.pdf',
        '<%= config.bin %> <%= command.id %> file.pdf -o file-text.txt',
    ];
    static args = {
        input: Args.string({
            description: `PDF file to convert`,
            required: true,
        }),
    };
    // https://oclif.io/docs/flags
    static flags = {
        output: Flags.string({
            char: 'o',
            description: 'Output file',
        }),
    };
    async run() {
        const { args, flags } = await this.parse(Convert);
        const { input } = args;
        const { output, 'dry-run': dryRun, silent } = flags;
        let finalOutput;
        if (output) {
            finalOutput = removeExtension(output, 'txt');
        }
        else {
            finalOutput = removeExtension(input);
            finalOutput = `${finalOutput}-text`;
        }
        finalOutput = addExtension(finalOutput, 'txt');
        await this.ensureDirExists(finalOutput);
        this.logger(`Creating ${finalOutput}...`, silent);
        if (!dryRun) {
            const extractor = getTextExtractor();
            const text = await extractor.extractText({
                // this can be a file path or a buffer
                input,
                type: 'file',
            });
            await fs.writeFile(finalOutput, text);
        }
        this.logger('Done.', silent);
    }
}