Python Script to extract highlighted text from PDFs. Uses python-poppler-qt4. Updated [1] to Python 3 [1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21050551/extracting-text-from-higlighted-text-using-poppler-qt4-python-poppler-qt4

dumppdfcomments.py

import popplerqt4
import sys
import PyQt4


def main():

    doc = popplerqt4.Poppler.Document.load(sys.argv[1])
    total_annotations = 0
    for i in range(doc.numPages()):
        #print("========= PAGE {} =========".format(i+1))
        page = doc.page(i)
        annotations = page.annotations()
        (pwidth, pheight) = (page.pageSize().width(), page.pageSize().height())
        if len(annotations) > 0:
            for annotation in annotations:
                if  isinstance(annotation, popplerqt4.Poppler.Annotation):
                    total_annotations += 1
                    if(isinstance(annotation, popplerqt4.Poppler.HighlightAnnotation)):
                        quads = annotation.highlightQuads()
                        txt = ""
                        for quad in quads:
                            rect = (quad.points[0].x() * pwidth,
                                    quad.points[0].y() * pheight,
                                    quad.points[2].x() * pwidth,
                                    quad.points[2].y() * pheight)
                            bdy = PyQt4.QtCore.QRectF()
                            bdy.setCoords(*rect)
                            txt = txt + str(page.text(bdy)) + ' '

                        #print("========= ANNOTATION =========")
                        print(txt)

    if total_annotations > 0:
        print (str(total_annotations) + " annotation(s) found")
    else:
        print ("no annotations found")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Hi,May I ask you some question ? i couldn't install this module popplerqt4 on my Mac, do u know how to fix it ?

It's really helpful. Can you point out some resource about getting the heading from PDF based on size. Also for getting the notes made on the highlight.

In case of any dependency issues try docker image - https://cloud.docker.com/repository/docker/vsukt/extract_pdf_notes. or vagrant config at https://github.com/v-sukt/extract-pdf-notes

Hi,May I ask you some question ? i couldn't install this module popplerqt4 on my Mac, do u know how to fix it ?

same here

Hi,May I ask you some question ? i couldn't install this module popplerqt4 on my Mac, do u know how to fix it ?

Can u try using the docker image on Mac. or compile the source code with it's dependencies.