pdf-image-extractor

How to Extract Images from PDF in Python

To run this:

• pip3 install -r requirements.txt
• To extract and save all images of 1710.05006.pdf PDF file, you run:

  python pdf_image_extractor.py 1710.05006.pdf
  

  This will save all available images in the current directory and outputs:

  [!] No images found on page 0
  [+] Found a total of 3 images in page 1
  [+] Found a total of 3 images in page 2
  [!] No images found on page 3
  [!] No images found on page 4
  

• To extract and save all images of 800x800 and higher of 1710.05006.pdf PDF file, and save them in images directory in the PNG format, you run:

  python pdf_image_extractor_cli.py 1710.05006.pdf -o extracted-images -f png -w 800 -he 800
  

  This will save all available images in the images directory and outputs:

  [!] No images found on page 0
  [+] Found a total of 3 images in page 1
  [-] Skipping image 1 on page 1 due to its small size.
  [-] Skipping image 2 on page 1 due to its small size.
  [-] Skipping image 3 on page 1 due to its small size.
  [+] Found a total of 3 images in page 2
  [-] Skipping image 2 on page 2 due to its small size.
  [!] No images found on page 3
  [!] No images found on page 4