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## Apps Script pdfToText utility.md

      
        
          
            
              
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                mogsdad
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                For http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26613809, a question about getting pdf attachments in gmail as text. I got a little carried away - this does much more than asked.
              
          
        
      
        
  
      
    Google Apps Script pdfToText Utility#

This is a helper function that will convert a given PDF file blob into text, as well as offering options to save the original PDF, intermediate Google Doc, and/or final plain text files. Additionally, the language used for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) may be specified, defaulting to 'en' (English).
Note: Updated 12 May 2015 due to deprecation of DocsList. Thanks to Bruce McPherson for the getDriveFolderFromPath() utility.
    // Start with a Blob object
    var blob = gmailAttchment.getAs(MimeType.PDF);