Converting a pdf to a csv with steps using python

So, as evident from the title, I want to convert a pdf to a csv so that I could use that data in my project. The problem is that the pdf formatting is not at all suitable for conversion to a csv file. For a human reader, the file makes complete sense but for a computer, it is extremely difficult to comprehend. It is difficult for me to explain here but I would encourage my fellow data scientists to help me find a solution for the same.

Legend format – make bold border, or bigger / different font

Does anyone have a simple way to change the size of the legend to make it larger or make the border bold? a-o are just random ints group_a = (a,b,c,d,e) group_b = (f,g,h,i,j) group_c = (k,l,m,n,o) width = 0.2 x = np.arange(5) plt.bar(x-0.2, group_a, width, color = ‘cyan’) plt.bar(x, group_b, width, color = ‘orange’) plt.bar(x+0.2, … Read more

Python module for converting PDF to text

Locate all text drawing commands, in
the order they are provided in the
content stream, and extract the text.
This works well for some PDF files,
but poorly for others, depending on
the generator used. This will be
refined in the future. Do not rely on
the order of text coming out of this
function, as it will change if this
function is made more sophisticated.