Converting PDF to HTML with Python

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pdf (portable document format) files are widely used for sharing documents, but sometimes you may need to convert them to html (hypertext markup language) for web display or further processing. python offers various libraries and tools for working with pdf files, and one of the popular libraries for pdf-to-html conversion is pdf2htmlex. in this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of converting a pdf file to html using python and the pdf2htmlex library.
before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
python: you can download and install python from the official website: https://www.python.org/downloads/.
pdf2htmlex: you need to install the pdf2htmlex tool. on linux, you can typically install it using your package manager. for example, on ubuntu, you can run:
on macos, you can use homebrew to install it:
on windows, you can download the executable from the pdf2htmlex github releases page: https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlex/releases.
python libraries: you'll need the subprocess library to execute shell commands. it's usually included in python's standard library, so no additional installation is required.
we will create a python script that utilizes the pdf2htmlex command-line tool to convert a pdf file to html.
here's a step-by-step guide:
import required libraries:
define the pdf to html conversion function:
the convert_pdf_to_html function takes two parameters:
run the conversion:
make sure to replace "example.pdf" with the path to your pdf file and "output" with your desired output folder.
execute the script:
save the python script, and then run it using your python interpreter.
after the script finishes running, you'll find the html output in the specified output folder.
in this tutorial, you learned how to convert a pdf file to html using python and the pdf2htmlex command-line tool. this process allows you to extract the content from a pdf file and present it as html, making it easier to integrate pdf ...