Extracting_text_from_PDF.py

import pdf2image
import os,sys
try:
    from PIL import Image
except ImportError:
    import Image

import pytesseract
PATH = 'Enter your path'
i=1
def delete_ppms():
    for file in os.listdir(PATH):
        if '.ppm' in file or '.DS_store' in file:
            try:
                os.remove(PATH + file)
            except FileNotFoundError:
                pass
pdf_files = []
docx_files = []

for f in os.listdir(PATH):
    full_name = os.path.join(PATH,f)
    if os.path.isfile(full_name):
        name=os.path.basename(f)
        filename,ext = os.path.slitex(name)
        if ext == '.pdf':
            pdf_files.append(name)
        elif ext == ('.docx'):
            docx_files.append(name)

def pdf_extact(file,i):
    print("extacting from file.",file)
    delete_ppms()
    images = pdf2image.convert_from_path(PATH + file,output_folder = PATH)
    j=0
    for file in sorted(os.listdir(PATH)):
        if '.ppm' in file and 'image' not in file:
            os.rename(PATH + file,PATH + 'image'+str(i)+'-'+str(j)+'.ppm')
            j += 1
    j=0
    f = open(PATH + 'result{}.txt'.format(i),'w')
    files = [f for f in os.listdir(PATH) if '.ppm' in f]
    for file in sorted(files,key=lambda x: int(x[x.index('-') + 1: x.index('.')])):
        temp = pytesseract.image_to_string(Image.open(PATH + file))
        f.write(temp)
    f.close()

for i in range(len(pdf_files)):
    pdf_file = pdf_files[i]