cat

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cat

This is a simple libary to extract text from plaintext, .docx, .odt, .pdf and .rtf files.

Install

go get -u github.com/lu4p/cat

Basic Usage

package main
import (
  "fmt"
  "github.com/lu4p/cat"
)

func main(){
  txt, _ := cat.File("filename")
  fmt.Println(txt)
}

Documentation

Overview

Package cat extracts text from multiple document formats

Example

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/lu4p/cat"
)

func main() {
	txt, _ := cat.File("./test/test.docx")
	fmt.Println(txt)
}

Output:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed id ex nec risus venenatis viverra. Cras condimentum dolor vitae dictum rutrum. Etiam viverra sit amet mi at lacinia.

Index

• func File(filename string) (string, error)
• func FromBytes(data []byte) (string, error)

Examples

• Package

Functions

func File

func File(filename string) (string, error)

File reads a .odt, .docx, .rtf or plaintext file and returns the content as a string

func FromBytes

func FromBytes(data []byte) (string, error)

FromBytes converts a []bytes representation of a document to text