PDF Operations

Search text in many PDF files using Python

Search for text in multiple PDFs using Python. Read files from a folder, find matches, and print filenames with page numbers or a message if not found.

Required packages

You need below packages to use the code generated by recipe. All packages are automatically installed in MLJAR Studio.

ipython>=8.26.0

pypdf>=4.1.0

Interactive recipe

You can use below interactive recipe to generate code. This recipe is available in MLJAR Studio.

Python code

# Python code will be here

Code explanation

  1. Set the directory path.
  2. Declare lists and a counter.
  3. Read PDFs from the given directory.
  4. Search for the given text.
  5. Hand the case when the given text is not found.

PDF Operations cookbook

Code recipes from PDF Operations cookbook.

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