add pdf option

mkv_this/functions.py

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ import markovify
 import sys
 import html2text
 
+from pdfminer.pdfinterp import PDFResourceManager, PDFPageInterpreter
+from pdfminer.converter import TextConverter
+from pdfminer.layout import LAParams
+from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
+from io import StringIO
+
 
 fnf = ": error: file not found. please provide a path to a really-existing file!"
 
@@ -73,8 +79,8 @@ def writeshortsentence(tmodel, args_sen, args_out, args_over, args_len):
     output = open(args_out, "a")  # append
     for i in range(args_sen):
         output.write(
-            "\n" +
-            str(
+            "\n"
+            + str(
                 tmodel.make_short_sentence(
                     tries=2000, max_overlap_ratio=args_over, max_chars=args_len
                 )
@@ -129,3 +135,43 @@ def dir_cat(matchlist, bulkfile):
             except UnicodeDecodeError:
                 with open(fname, encoding="latin-1") as infile:
                     outfile.write(infile.read())
+
+
+# extract full text from a pdf:
+def convert_pdf_to_txt(path):
+    print("converting pdf file...")
+    try:
+        rsrcmgr = PDFResourceManager()
+        retstr = StringIO()
+        codec = "utf-8"
+        laparams = LAParams()
+        device = TextConverter(rsrcmgr, retstr, codec=codec, laparams=laparams)
+        fp = open(path, "rb")
+        interpreter = PDFPageInterpreter(rsrcmgr, device)
+        password = ""
+        maxpages = 0
+        caching = True
+        pagenos = set()
+
+        for page in PDFPage.get_pages(
+            fp,
+            pagenos,
+            maxpages=maxpages,
+            password=password,
+            caching=caching,
+            check_extractable=True,
+        ):
+            interpreter.process_page(page)
+
+            text = retstr.getvalue()
+
+        fp.close()
+        device.close()
+        retstr.close()
+
+    except Exception as exc:
+        print(f": There was a problem: {exc}.\n: Please enter a valid pdf")
+        sys.exit()
+    else:
+        print(": pdf converted.")
+        return text

mkv_this/mkv_this.py

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from .functions import (
     mkbnewline,
     writesentence,
     writeshortsentence,
+    convert_pdf,
 )
 
 # argparse
@@ -54,10 +55,7 @@ def parse_the_args():
     )
     # optional args:
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-u",
-        "--URL",
-        help="infile is a URL. all text it contains will be used.",
-        action="store_true",
+        "-u", "--URL", help="infile is a URL.", action="store_true",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-d",
@@ -65,6 +63,12 @@ def parse_the_args():
         help="infile is a directory. all text files in it and its subdirectories will be used.",
         action="store_true",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-P",
+        "--pdf",
+        help="infile is a pdf. NB: for this to work you need to install pdfminer.",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-s",
         "--state-size",
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ def parse_the_args():
     parser.add_argument(
         "-o",
         "--overlap",
-        help="the amount of overlap allowed between original and output, expressed as a ratio between 0 and 1. defaults to 0.5",
+        help="the amount of overlap allowed between original and output, expressed as a ratio between 0 and 1. defaults to 0.5.",
         type=float,
         default=0.5,
     )
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ def parse_the_args():
         help="provide an another text file to be combined with the first item.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-C", "--combine-URL", help="provide a URL to be combined with the first item"
+        "-C", "--combine-URL", help="provide a URL to be combined with the first item."
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-w",
@@ -158,6 +162,9 @@ def main():
                 dir_cat(matchlist, batchfile)
                 text = read(batchfile)
                 os.unlink(batchfile)
+            # infile is pdf:
+            elif args.pdf:
+                text = convert_pdf(args.infile)
             # or normal:
             else:
                 text = read(args.infile)
@@ -178,6 +185,8 @@ def main():
                 dir_cat(matchlist, batchfile)
                 text = read(batchfile)
                 os.unlink(batchfile)
+            elif args.pdf:
+                text = convert_pdf(args.infile)
             # or normal:
             else:
                 text = read(args.infile)
@@ -211,6 +220,8 @@ def main():
             dir_cat(matchlist, batchfile)
             text = read(batchfile)
             os.unlink(batchfile)
+        elif args.pdf:
+            text = convert_pdf_to_txt(args.infile)
         # or local file:
         else:
             text = read(args.infile)
@@ -248,7 +259,7 @@ def main():
             if args.combine or args.combine_URL:
                 outp.write("weight: " + str(vars(args)["weight"]) + " | ")
             outp.write("overlap: " + str(vars(args)["overlap"]) + " | ")
-            outp.write("state size: " + str(vars(args)["state_size"]))
+            outp.write("state size: " + str(vars(args)["state_size"]) + "\n")
         outp.write("\n")
 
     # write it!