PDF Parsing Guide

SeleniumBase for Rust can print pages to PDF and extract text from PDF files. This is useful for validating generated reports, invoices, receipts, and other printable documents.

seleniumbase-rs = { git = "https://github.com/MustCodeAl/seleniumbase-rs", features = ["pdf"] }

cargo install --git https://github.com/MustCodeAl/seleniumbase-rs seleniumbase-rs-cli

Save a page as PDF#

sb.save_as_pdf("page.pdf").await?;

print_to_pdf is the same call; both print with the page background and the page’s own CSS page size (CDP Page.printToPDF).

Extract text from a PDF (feature pdf)#

These are plain functions; they read the file and need no browser.

let text = sb.get_pdf_text("page.pdf")?;println!("{text}");

Assert PDF contents (feature pdf)#

sb.assert_pdf_text("page.pdf", "SeleniumBase")?;

Bytes, URLs, pages and passwords (feature pdf)#

use seleniumbase_rs::api::pdf::{self, PdfReader};let bytes = std::fs::read("page.pdf")?;let text = pdf::extract_text_from_bytes(&bytes)?;let remote = pdf::extract_text_from_url("https://example.com/report.pdf").await?;let reader = PdfReader::open("locked.pdf", Some("secret"))?;for (number, page) in reader.pages()?.iter().enumerate() {    println!("page {}: {page}", number + 1);}

extract_text_from_url refuses downloads larger than pdf::MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES (100 MB).

Use cases#

• Validate generated reports.
• Verify invoices and receipts.
• Archive page snapshots as searchable documents.

Troubleshooting#