How to Extract Bold Text from PDF in Python with PDF Extractor Web API

How Do I Extract Bold Text from PDF in Python?

Ever wondered “how do I extract bold text from PDF in Python”? We prepare this step-by-step tutorial with screenshots to teach you how to extract bold text from PDF in Python with PDF Extractor API.

We have this sample PDF that we can use for this tutorial.

Screenshot of Source File
Screenshot of Source File

Here’s what the output for this tutorial looks like.

Screenshot of Output XML
Screenshot of Output XML

Contents

01
Install request module
    02
    Add API Key
      03
      Path to Source and Output File
        04
        Setup Parameters
          05
          Run Program

            Step 1: Install request module

            • First of all, if you haven’t installed it yet, kindly install the requests module. You can do it by running this python -m pip install requests in your command line.

            Step 2: Add API Key

            • Insert your API key into your Python code. You can get your API key in the PDF.co dashboard.
            Add API Key

            Step 3: Path to Source and Output File

            • Add the path to your source and output file
            Add path to source and output file

            Step 4: Setup Parameters

            • Set up the parameters for your PDF to XML conversion
            Set up parameters

            Step 5: Run Program

            • Once you’re done with your code, you may now run your program. You can see the output file in your folder
            Run program

            You’ve learned how to extract bold text from PDF in Python with PDF Extractor web API.

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