pdf_crawler

Lightweight Python scripts for reviewing PDFs with minimal UI.

Pure Nim score 15/100 · last commit 2019-06-08 · 1 stars · tests present · no docs generated

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Last Indexed 2026-09-07 06:08

Installation

nimble install pdf_crawler
choosenim install pdf_crawler
git clone https://gitlab.com/chris_nada/pdf_crawler

OS Compatibility

Platform Linux macOS Windows FreeBSD OpenBSD NetBSD Android iOS WASM Embedded
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README

pdf_crawl.py

Searches all PDFs in given folder and subfolders for given terms + Run pdf_crawl.py + Choose folder: All PDFs in this folder and subfolders will be searched. + Input search terms. You can input multiple terms, seperated by blanks.

  • You will then see an overview with the results.

pdf_duplicate.py

Searches given folder and all of its subfolders for duplicate PDFs + Run pdf_duplicate.py + Choose folder: All PDFs in this folder and subfolders will be searched. + You will then see an overview with the results.

create_bib.py

Searches given folder and all of its subfolders for PDFs and creates a file 'bibtex.txt' containing entries for each PDF + Run pdf_duplicate.py + Choose folder: All PDFs in this folder and subfolders will be given an entry like so:

@book{<FILENAME>,
    author = "",
    title = "",
    publisher = "",
    year = ""
}
  • Note: will be stripped of all characters not allowed for bibtex entries.

Requirements

  • Simply run script with Python (Python 3 required).
  • Dependencies: pymsgbox and tika. To install, type pip install tika and pip install pymsgbox and run in console window.