DocParser VS WeasyPrint

You could try an online service like https://extract-io.web.app/ or https://docparser.com/. Source: 11 months ago

DocParser: DocParser simplifies the extraction of structured data from various file formats, such as PDFs and scanned documents, directly into Google Sheets. By automating this process, DocParser saves valuable time and effort otherwise spent on manual data entry. Link to DocParser. Source: 12 months ago

There are several tools available today that can help you extract tables from PDF files (such as Tabula), or even parse PDFs into structured JSON using AI (like Parsio -> I'm the founder) or without AI (like Docparser). Source: about 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing those! I didn't know them I've only checked this one https://docparser.com/ and I think my solution could be better because it will be easier for the user. Source: about 1 year ago

As previously suggested, if the layout of your PDFs never changes (consistent column widths in tables and placement), you can use a zonal PDF parser like DocParser. Alternatively, an AI-powered parser may be a better choice. Source: over 1 year ago

Is there a reason you didn't consider something like Weasyprint? https://weasyprint.org I've gone through a number of systems to convert CV's, business cards, and other docs and it hasn't let me down yet. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

You don't _have_ to use a browser. I had very good results with Weasyprint [0]. And there's also PrinceXML [1] if you're willing to pay. [0]: https://weasyprint.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 2 months ago

Thanks for your answer! I imagined you would be using PrinceXML behind the scenes since that is probably the gold standard in HTML+CSS rendering. The only open source alternative I know of is WeasyPrint at https://weasyprint.org/. I'm not sure how well it fares against PrinceXML, though. And thanks for the pointer to Taffy - I didn't know it before! - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

Some people might be interested in https://weasyprint.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

I use Weasyprint [1] to generate a PDF from HTML, and I use a static site generator to convert Markdown to HTML. Weasyprint can handle code highlighting e.g. Using Pygments or another static framework, the only downside is it can't execute JS so if you e.g. Want to dynamically generate content to render you need to first pass your HTML through a headless browser, which is also possible though. There's also... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago