On: Pdf.js: PDF Reader in JavaScript

[Roritharr]

i've stumbled upon PDF.js a while ago because i was looking for js tool that allows me to extract data from pdfs... sadly i'm still looking for a good lib to do just that.

[antman → Roritharr]

Apache Tika. Works on many filetypes and languages.

[dkhylan → Roritharr]

If your looking for a web based API for manipulating PDF's, SaaSpose provide a commercially supported solution

[mattdeboard → Roritharr]

iText has a lot of tools for extracting info from PDFs. We use it extensively.

[robodale → mattdeboard]

I have used iText(sharp) for several years. It works very well.

[mattdeboard → robodale]

Yeah we use the C# version as well, I've done some hacking on a Clojure wrapper around the java version. it's nontrivial :P