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codeinc/pdf2txt-client
======================

A PHP client for the pdf2txt service

v1.13(1y ago)026MITPHPPHP >=8.3

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Pdf2Txt PHP client
==================

[](#pdf2txt-php-client)

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Important

This client is deprecated and is replaced by the [Document Cloud PHP Client](https://github.com/codeinchq/document-cloud-php-client)

This repository contains a PHP 8.2+ library for converting PDF files to text using the [pdf2txt](https://github.com/codeinchq/pdf2txt) service.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

The library is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/codeinc/pdf2txt-client). The recommended way to install it is via Composer:

```
composer require codeinc/pdf2txt-client
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

This client requires a running instance of the [pdf2txt](https://github.com/codeinchq/pdf2txt) service. The service can be run locally [using Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/codeinchq/pdf2txt) or deployed to a server.

### Examples

[](#examples)

#### Extracting text from a local file:

[](#extracting-text-from-a-local-file)

```
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Pdf2TxtClient;
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Exception;

$apiBaseUri = 'http://localhost:3000/';
$localPdfPath = '/path/to/local/file.pdf';

try {
    // convert
    $client = new Pdf2TxtClient($apiBaseUri);
    $stream = $client->extract(
        $client->createStreamFromFile($localPdfPath)
    );

    // display the text
    echo (string)$stream;
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle exception
}
```

#### With additional options:

[](#with-additional-options)

```
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Pdf2TxtClient;
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\ConvertOptions;
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Format;

$apiBaseUri = 'http://localhost:3000/';
$localPdfPath = '/path/to/local/file.pdf';
$convertOption = new ConvertOptions(
    firstPage: 2,
    lastPage: 3,
    format: Format::json
);

try {
    $client = new Pdf2TxtClient($apiBaseUri);

    // convert
    $jsonResponse = $client->extract(
        $client->createStreamFromFile($localPdfPath),
        $convertOption
    );

   // display the text in a JSON format
   $decodedJson = $client->processJsonResponse($jsonResponse);
   var_dump($decodedJson);
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle exception
}
```

#### Saving the extracted text to a file:

[](#saving-the-extracted-text-to-a-file)

```
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Pdf2TxtClient;
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\ConvertOptions;
use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Format;

$apiBaseUri = 'http://localhost:3000/';
$localPdfPath = '/path/to/local/file.pdf';
destinationTextPath = '/path/to/local/file.txt';

try {
    $client = new Pdf2TxtClient($apiBaseUri);

    // convert
    $stream = $client->extract(
        $client->createStreamFromFile($localPdfPath)
    );

    // save the text to a file
    $client->saveStreamToFile($stream, $destinationTextPath);
}
catch (Exception $e) {
    // handle exception
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The library is published under the MIT license (see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE) file).

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~22 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

14

Last Release

569d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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