laravel 7 pdf-to-text | Could not read pdf file - pdf

Question

I installed this laravel package to convert pdf file into text. https://github.com/spatie/pdf-to-text
I'm getting this error:
Could not read sample_1610656868.pdf
I tried passing the file statically by putting it in public folder and by giving path of uploaded file.
Here's my controller:
public function pdftotext(Request $request)
{
if($request->hasFile('file'))
{
// Get the file with extension
$filenameWithExt = $request->file('file')->getClientOriginalName();
//Get the file name
$filename = pathinfo($filenameWithExt, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
//Get the ext
$extension = $request->file('file')->getClientOriginalExtension();
//File name to store
$fileNameToStore = $filename.'_'.time().'.'.$extension;
//Upload File
$path = $request->file('file')->storeAS('public/ebutifier/pdf', $fileNameToStore);
}
// dd($path);
$location = public_path($path);
// $pdf = $request->input('file');
// dd($location);
// echo Pdf::getText($location, 'usr/bin/pdftotext');
$text = (new Pdf('public/ebutifier/pdf/'))
->setPdf($fileNameToStore)
->text();
return $text;
}
Not sure why it's not working any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You used spatie/pdf-to-text Package.
I also tried to use this package but it gave me this kind of error.
So, I used asika/pdf2text package and it worked properly
Asika/pdf2text pacakge
And this is my code
$path = public_path('/uploads/documents/'. $file_name);
$reader = new \Asika\Pdf2text;
$output = $reader->decode($path);
dd($output);
Hopefully, it will be helpful for you.