# pdf_preprocessor.py import os from pypdf import PdfReader from pdf2image import convert_from_path import pytesseract # Optional: Set Tesseract path manually on Windows # pytesseract.pytesseract.tesseract_cmd = r"C:\Program Files\Tesseract-OCR\tesseract.exe" def extract_text_from_pdf(file_path: str) -> str: """ Extract text from both text-based and image-based PDFs. Falls back to OCR using pytesseract if no embedded text is found. """ text_output = [] reader = PdfReader(file_path) total_pages = len(reader.pages) print(f"📄 Processing PDF: {file_path} ({total_pages} pages)") for page_num, page in enumerate(reader.pages, start=1): try: # Try normal text extraction extracted_text = page.extract_text() if extracted_text and extracted_text.strip(): text_output.append(extracted_text) print(f"✅ Page {page_num}: Extracted embedded text.") else: # Run OCR if no text found print(f"🔍 Page {page_num}: No text found, running OCR...") images = convert_from_path( file_path, first_page=page_num, last_page=page_num ) ocr_text = "" for img in images: ocr_text += pytesseract.image_to_string(img, lang="eng", config="--psm 6") if ocr_text.strip(): text_output.append(ocr_text) print(f"🧠 Page {page_num}: OCR extraction complete.") else: print(f"⚠️ Page {page_num}: OCR found no readable text.") except Exception as e: print(f"❌ Error processing page {page_num}: {e}") full_text = "\n".join(text_output) if not full_text.strip(): print("⚠️ Warning: No text extracted from this PDF at all.") else: print(f"✅ Done! Extracted {len(full_text.split())} words total.") return full_text