Examples of getting PDF text contents for subsequent use

snippets_GetPDFContentsAndPipeThem.ps1

## use PowerShell and the PSWritePDF module
Install-Module -Name PSWritePDF -Scope CurrentUser
Convert-PDFToText -FilePath $strSomePdf | fabric --pattern analyze_threat_report

## or, use Python, pypdf module, and some local PDF; these Python examples can be from most any shell (including PS)
pip install pypdf --user ## however you like to install Python modules
python -c 'strSomePdf = "/tmp/2024-cyber-threat-report.pdf"; from pypdf import PdfReader; from sys import stdout; [stdout.writelines(page.extract_text()) for page in (PdfReader(strSomePdf)).pages]' | fabric --pattern analyze_threat_report

## or, use Python, pypdf module, and some PDF from URL
python -c 'strSomePdfUri = "https://www.sonicwall.com/medialibrary/en/white-paper/2024-cyber-threat-report.pdf"; from urllib.request import urlopen; from pypdf import PdfReader; import io; from sys import stdout; reader = PdfReader(io.BytesIO(urlopen(strSomePdfUri).read())); [stdout.writelines(page.extract_text()) for page in reader.pages]' | fabric --pattern analyze_threat_report