PDF File to text

Dependencies

• Python2

Install

Set up and activate a Python2.7 virtual environment. Then,

$ pip install -e .

Additionally, install lc_pdfminer

Run

$ export FLASK_APP=pdf2xml
$ flask run --port=5000

To turn on development features, set the env variable before running.

$ export FLASK_ENV=development

Build & Distribution

Version is maintained in setup.py.
python setup.py sdist will create a development package with “.dev” and the current date appended.
python setup.py release sdist will create a release package with only the version.
To learn more about the deploy process referenced, read this

Deploy

Activate the Python2 virtual environment.

1. Install gunicorn

$ pip install gunicorn

2. Set the log paths in gunicorn.conf

3. Configure apache (apache.conf)

<Location "/path/to/pdf2xml-service">
    ProxyPass "http://127.0.0.1:5000/"
    ProxyPassReverse "http://127.0.0.1:5000/"
</Location>

4. Run gunicorn

$ gunicorn -c gunicorn.conf -b 0.0.0.5000 pdf2xml:app

Check the app in the browser, http://your-ip-here/path/to/flaskapp