Is there any method in ruby or in python to convert pdf to xml

Recently I have got an requirement like i need to convert pdf files to xml.So please tell me how to do it in pyth开发者_C百科on or ruby programming languages. please reply to my question as early as possible your help would be appreciated..

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Use pdftohtml.

It can be installed with brew install pdftohtml. This adds pdftohtml to your path.

So, to convert pdf to xml, you can run pdftohtml -xml your_file.pdf your_file.xml

In python, you could use these lines:

import os

cmd = 'pdftohtml -xml your_file.pdf your_file'
os.system(cmd)

!note that pdftohtml automatically adds the 'xml' extension to your second file input