PDF-to-Text-A.py

import PyPDF2
import os

# Directory where the PDF files are located
pdf_directory = '/path/to/pdf/files'  # Replace with the actual directory path

# Output directory for text files
output_directory = '/path/to/output/directory'  # Replace with the desired output directory path

# Create the output directory if it doesn't exist
os.makedirs(output_directory, exist_ok=True)

# List PDF files in the specified directory
pdf_files = [pdf_file_name for pdf_file_name in os.listdir(pdf_directory) if pdf_file_name.endswith('.pdf')]

for pdf_file_name in pdf_files:
    pdf_file_path = os.path.join(pdf_directory, pdf_file_name)
    pdf_reader = PyPDF2.PdfReader(pdf_file_path)

    # Create the output text file path by changing the extension to .txt
    output_text_file_path = os.path.join(output_directory, os.path.splitext(pdf_file_name)[0] + '.txt')

    with open(output_text_file_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as text_file:
        for page_num, page in enumerate(pdf_reader.pages, start=1):
            page_text = page.extract_text()

            # Write extracted text to the output text file
            text_file.write(page_text)

    print(f"Text extracted from {pdf_file_name} and saved to {output_text_file_path}")

print(f"Text extracted and saved to individual text files in {output_directory}")