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Jul 15, 2024 · Fundamentals

Open-Source PDF Table Extraction with Camelot: Quick‑Start Guide

This article explains why extracting tables from PDFs is a common bottleneck, introduces the open‑source Camelot library, walks through installing Ghostscript and Camelot, shows a minimal Python script to convert PDFs to CSV, handles a typical runtime error, and demonstrates the companion Excalibur web UI for interactive extraction.