parse.js

var LOG = require("./lib/LOG.js").toggle(false);
var PdfReader = require("./index.js").PdfReader;

function printRawItems(filename, callback){
  new PdfReader().parseFileItems(filename, function(err, item){
    if (err)
      callback(err);
    else if (!item)
      callback();
    else if (item.file)
      console.log("file =", item.file.path);
    else if (item.page)
      console.log("page =", item.page);
    else if (item.x)
      console.log([item.x, item.y, item.oc, item.A, Math.floor(item.w), item.text].join("\t"));
    else
      console.warn(item);
  });
}

var filename = process.argv[2];
if (!filename) {
  console.error("please provide the name of a PDF file");
}
else {
  console.warn("printing raw items from file:", filename, "...");
  printRawItems(filename, function(){
    console.warn("done.");
  });
}