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nizarp/pdf-vision
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Convert PDF file to text using Google Vision API

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Convert a pdf file to text (OCR)
================================

[](#convert-a-pdf-file-to-text-ocr)

This package provides an easy to work with class to convert pdf's to text. It internally uses Google Cloud Vision API. You need to create an API key and add it to your project's `.env` file as follows:

```
GOOGLE_VISION_PROJECTID=your-project-id
GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=/Path/To/Your/KeyFile.json

```

[Read about Google Cloud Vision API](https://cloud.google.com/vision/)

How to get service key
----------------------

[](#how-to-get-service-key)

[Google Cloud Vision API Document](https://cloud.google.com/vision/docs/getting-started)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

You should have [Imagick](http://php.net/manual/en/imagick.setresolution.php) and [Ghostscript](http://www.ghostscript.com/) installed.

Install
-------

[](#install)

The package can be installed via composer:

```
$ composer require nizarp/pdf-vision
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Converting a pdf to text is easy.

```
$pdf = new Pdf($pathToPdf);
$pdf->setEnvPath('/path/to/env/.env');
echo $pdf->convertToText();
```

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 40% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.3% 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 ~7 days

Total

3

Last Release

3461d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/24983?v=4)[Mohamed Nisar](/maintainers/nizarp)[@nizarp](https://github.com/nizarp)

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Tags

pdfconverttextnizarppdf-visiongoogle-cloud-vision

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