PDF Transformer

PDF Transformer

Tool Details
Name	PDF Transformer
Description	This is a converter tool that extracts plain text from a PDF document. The tool uses PDFBox, an open source Java PDF library for working with PDF. More information about the library can be found at http://www.pdfbox.org.
Website
Type	Editing
Endpoint URL	local:portal/coplets/myprojects/toolBroker/localTools/pdf2text
Service URI	uri
Service Method
Soap Action
Default Stylesheet
Text Compatibility	pdf
AnalyzeThis HTML Fragment	Static URL <form action="http://206.12.25.81/portal/launchTool" name="launchTool" method="get" target="_blank"> <input type="hidden" name="toolName" value="PDF Transformer"/> <input type="hidden" name="textUrl" value="A valid URL"/> <input type="hidden" name="showDataBench" value="false"/> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="AnalyseThis"/> </form> Dynamic URL <form action="http://206.12.25.81/portal/launchTool" name="launchTool" method="get" target="_blank" onsubmit="this.textUrl.value=document.location.href"> <input type="hidden" name="toolName" value="PDF Transformer"/> <input type="hidden" name="textUrl" value=""/> <input type="hidden" name="showDataBench" value="false"/> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="AnalyseThis"/> </form> Quick Tool Launch <form action="http://206.12.25.81/portal/runTool" name="runTool" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data"> <input type="hidden" name="toolName" value="PDF Transformer"/> <!--PLEASE LEAVE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PAIRS--> <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="url_pdf_url"/> <input type="hidden" name="url_pdf_url" value="A valid URL"/> - OR - <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="upload_pdf_url"/> <input type="file" name="upload_pdf_url"/> - OR - <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="text_pdf_url"/> <input type="hidden" name="text_pdf_url" value="Enter a value here"/> - OR - <input type="hidden" name="selectForClientSide1" value="text_pdf_url"/> <textarea name="text_pdf_url"></textarea> <!----> <input type="hidden" name="word-separator" value="OPTIONAL"/> <input type="hidden" name="line-separator" value="OPTIONAL"/> <input type="hidden" name="page-separator" value="OPTIONAL"/> <input type="hidden" name="start-page" value="OPTIONAL"/> <input type="hidden" name="end-page" value="OPTIONAL"/> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Quick Tool Launch"/> </form> Bookmarklet (drag link to your favourites) Analyze This (PDF Transformer)
Parameters
URL for PDF(text source)
Parameter Name	pdf_url
Type
Text Source Expectation	url
Help Text	URL to fetch the PDF content. This content will be processed by the tool. The final output will appear in a pop up window. This parameter is ingored in case file upload is specified.
Word separator(text box)
Parameter Name	word-separator
Type
Required	false
Default
Example
Help Text	String pattern that should be used as word delimiter by the tool. In case a control character needs to be used, please specify it as an entity. For example, use for new line.
Line separator(text box)
Parameter Name	line-separator
Type
Required	false
Default
Example
Help Text	String pattern that should be used as line delimiter by the tool. In case a control character needs to be used, please specify it as an entity. For example, use for new line.
Page separator(text box)
Parameter Name	page-separator
Type
Required	false
Default
Example
Help Text	String pattern that should be used as page delimiter by the tool. In case a control character needs to be used, please specify it as an entity. For example, use for new line.
Start page(text box)
Parameter Name	start-page
Type
Required	false
Default
Example
Help Text	Number of the PDF page to start processing from.
End page(text box)
Parameter Name	end-page
Type
Required	false
Default
Example
Help Text	Number of the PDF page to finish processing at.