pdf2txt for most use cases – how can I simplify the code?

[kalle07]

In my opinion, the following script covers 90% of all cases when someone wants to convert a PDF to TXT/Markdown.
maybe some ideas to add to your internal commands (but for shure i missed somewaht) ^^

Since I am not a programmer, it is certainly not very clearly structured and a few things are missing and maybe it give more common base ways (e.g., internal commands; checking whether it is a valid or invalid PDF; first extracting images to generate image descriptions via LLM... etc.).
what i have:

• Continuous text remains continuous text and can handle text splashes of varying heights.
• Tables are checked for columns and/or row headers (empty and invalid ones are skipped).
• Tables are added as a JSON section.
• Images larger than 100 pixels are stored in a subdirectory.
• Images are added as a JSON section. (as well as the description if a txt file exists in the directory of the same name).
• Drawings are saved as images (rectangles that are too small or too few are skipped).
• Drawings are added as a json section (as well as the description if a txt file exists in the directory of the same name).

The code isn't particularly elegant, but it works, and I wanted to make that clear and ask what I could simplify, although I need some information and formats to do what I'm doing ;)

start_with tables_img02_drawing06_hypen01_layout01_textinsertion02_max03.py

[kalle07]

new better version ... in all cases

• more checks tables vs drawings vs images
• tables now include headline and description if first row has only one cell with content (same if last row is one cell)
• better layout
• postprocess (mode = "post_process_only" or "full_conversion")
• all pdf in one folder "my_pdfs"

good01_folder08_post06.py