error in the output with a document in pdf

[fulgorit]

python pdf.py -i PDFs-for-test -o output.txt

Input folder: /home/masterli/PRJS/pythonResume2/linkedin-pdf-parsing/PDFs-for-test, output file: /home/masterli/PRJS/pythonResume2/linkedin-pdf-parsing/output.txt 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "pdf.py", line 306, in <module>
    main(args)
  File "pdf.py", line 254, in main
    surname = get_name(objs)[1].decode('utf8')
AttributeError: 'bool' object has no attribute 'decode'

[hellpanderrr]

What OS, Python & Pdfminer do you use?

[fulgorit]

pdfminer (20140328) python2.7 Debian Stretch 2017-02-08 23:59 GMT+01:00 hellpanderrr <[email protected]>:

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-- Lionel Van Winnendaele

[fulgorit]

I like your idea about PDF parsing it is great idea More and more jobboard use that in Belgium 2017-02-09 0:40 GMT+01:00 Lionel Van Winnendaele <[email protected]

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: pdfminer (20140328) python2.7 Debian Stretch 2017-02-08 23:59 GMT+01:00 hellpanderrr ***@***.***>: > What OS, Python & Pdfminer do you use? > > — > You are receiving this because you authored the thread. > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#4 (comment)>, > or mute the thread > <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB-Tv9NF6eak6xLHSP9xnh2JylOSlx7mks5rakjFgaJpZM4L7eJC> > . > -- Lionel Van Winnendaele

-- Lionel Van Winnendaele

[hellpanderrr]

I tried to reproduce this on Win7 and Ubuntu -- can't get the error.
Could you try to look what is in the return of get_name(objs)?

[fulgorit]

Traceback (most recent call last): File "pdf.py", line 306, in <module> main(args) File "pdf.py", line 220, in main filelist = getfilelist(input_folder, '.pdf') File "pdf.py", line 56, in getfilelist for i in os.walk(path.decode('utf-8')).next()[2]: StopIteration Traceback (most recent call last): File "pdf.py", line 306, in <module> main(args) File "pdf.py", line 220, in main filelist = getfilelist(input_folder, '.pdf') File "pdf.py", line 56, in getfilelist for i in os.walk(path.decode('utf-8')).next()[2]: StopIteration 2017-02-09 20:14 GMT+01:00 hellpanderrr <[email protected]>:

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I tried to reproduce this on Win7 and Ubuntu -- can't get the error. Could you try to look what is in the return of get_name(objs)? — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#4 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AB-Tv7VUhE3vZdGlh0imBNnDG-GFIQCYks5ra2WrgaJpZM4L7eJC> .

-- Lionel Van Winnendaele

[abubakarmani1]

`
$ python3 pdf.py -i PDFs-for-test/ -o output.txt

File "pdf.py", line 110
elif not with_anno and type(char) <> pdfminer.layout.LTAnno:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

`

code is not working. please provide more documentation... thank you

[hellpanderrr]

@abubakarmani1 python3 does not support <> operator, you need to replace it with !=