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OCR PDF Action

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OCR PDF Action

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OCR PDF Action

Turn scanned PDFs into searchable documents

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: OCR PDF Action

uses: MarketingPipeline/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in MarketingPipeline/OCR-PDF-Action

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OCR-PDF-Action

A GitHub action to turn scanned PDF's into searchable documents
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Example and usage

Example of non-searchable PDF file turned into a searchable PDF file

How to use this action

Workflow Example(s) / Usage



View Example Workflow Usage

- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: MarketingPipeline/OCR-PDF-Action@main
  with:
    # Define the input & output PDF file paths.
    input_file: .github/example_pdfs/Non-text-searchable.pdf
    output_file: .github/example_pdfs/output_searchable.pdf
    
- name: Commit and Push PDF File
  run: |
     git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
     git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
     git add -A
     git commit -m "Added OCR PDF"
     git push

Example workflow file


Workflow Options:

Inputs Meaning Default Required
input_file The file path to the input PDF undefined Yes
output_file The path to put the output PDF file undefined Yes

Note: The output folder MUST exist.



Contributing GitHub

Want to imrpove this action? Create a pull request with described in detail with your changes! If approved you will be added to the list of contributors of this awesome project!

See also the list of contributors who participate in this project.

License GitHub

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.