axios read pdf

example.js

// ref: https://www.npmjs.com/package/pdf-parse
const pdf = require('pdf-parse'); // v1.0.8
// ref: https://www.npmjs.com/package/axios
const axios = require('axios'); // v0.18.0
const util = require('util');

const url = 'http://www.trinitybaptistreformed.org/files/Download/Doctrine%20of%20Divine%20Providence.pdf';
// const url = 'http://www.orrb.org/ourpages/theology_training/UNIT%201%20-%20THE%20ATTRIBUTES%20OF%20GOD/U1S18_gods_wrath.pdf';

console.log('loading');

axios({
    method: 'GET',
    url,
    responseType: 'arraybuffer'
}).then(res => {
    const buffer = res.data;
    const size = Math.floor(Buffer.byteLength(buffer) / 1024);
    
    console.log(`pdf size: ${size}KB`);
    
    pdf(buffer).then(data => {
        console.log(`pages: ${data.numpages}`);
        console.log(`info: ${util.inspect(data.info)}`);
        console.log(`${data.text}`);
    }).catch(err => console.error(`pdf error: ${err.message}`));
}).catch(err => console.error(err.message));

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