Scraper

A lightweight Python utility for extracting text from multiple file formats — PDF, Word (.docx), CSV, and plain text — via a single unified interface.

Features

• Single extract_text() interface for all supported formats
• Automatic file type detection based on extension
• Supports:
  • PDF files (via pdfplumber)
  • Word documents (.docx, via pydocx)
  • CSV files (standard library)
  • Plain text files (.txt)
• Per-format error isolation to prevent one failure from blocking others

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+
• Dependencies:
  • pdfplumber
  • pydocx

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/scraper.git
   cd scraper

2. Install dependencies:

   pip install pdfplumber pydocx

Usage

from main import extract_text

text = extract_text("document.pdf")
print(text)

Supported file extensions: .pdf, .docx, .csv, .txt

Project Structure

scraper/
├── main.py   # All extraction logic