python requests module pdf

Python Requests Module for PDFs

If you want to download or extract data from a PDF using Python, you can use the requests module. Requests is a popular Python library that is used to send HTTP requests and perform various types of operations on URLs. In combination with other Python libraries like PyPDF2, you can easily manipulate PDF files using requests.

Downloading PDFs with Requests

To download a PDF file using the requests library, first, import the module:

        import requests
    

Then, use the get() method with the URL of the PDF file as an argument:

        url = 'https://example.com/sample.pdf'
        response = requests.get(url)
    

You can then save the PDF file to your local drive:

        with open('sample.pdf', 'wb') as f:
            f.write(response.content)
    

Extracting Data from PDFs with PyPDF2

If you want to extract data from the downloaded PDF file, you can use the PyPDF2 module. First, install PyPDF2:

        !pip install PyPDF2
    

Then, import PyPDF2 and open the PDF file:

        import PyPDF2
        
        pdf_file = open('sample.pdf', 'rb')
        read_pdf = PyPDF2.PdfFileReader(pdf_file)
    

You can then extract text from the PDF file:

        page = read_pdf.getPage(0)
        page_content = page.extractText()
    

The getPage() method is used to get a specific page from the PDF file. You can then use the extractText() method to get the text from that page.