pdfplumber 0.9.0

v0.9.0

on Python PyPI

Changed

• Make word segmentation (via WordExtractor.char_begins_new_word(...)) more explict and rigorous; should help in catching edge-cases in the future. (6acd580 + ebb93ea + #840)
• Use curve_edge objects (instead of just line and rect_edge objects) in default table-detection strategy. (6f6b465 + #858)
• By default, expand ligatures into their consituent letters (e.g., ffi to ffi), and add the expand_ligatures boolean parameter to text-extraction methods. (86e935d + #598)

Added

• Add Page.extract_text_lines(...) method. (4b37397 + #852)
• Add main_group, return_groups, return_chars parameters to Page.search(...). (4b37397)
• Add .curve_edges property to PDF and Page. (6f6b465)

Fixed

• Fix handling of bytes-typed fontnames. (9441ff7 + #461 + #842)
• Fix handling of whitespace-only and empty results of Page.search(...). (6f6b465 + #853)