pdftract/crates/pdftract-core
jedarden 2cf02c6b2b feat(pdftract-sdx9z): implement Line struct and baseline computation
- Add layout::line module with Line<S> struct for Phase 4.2 line formation
- Implement compute_baseline() using plan formula: y0 + height * 0.2
- Add LineDirection enum with serde support (Ltr, Rtl, Mixed)
- Add union_bboxes() helper for computing span bbox unions
- Add HasBBox trait for generic span type support

Acceptance criteria:
- compute_baseline([0,100,50,110]) returns 102.0 (height 10)
- compute_baseline([0,100,50,100]) returns 100.0 (zero height)
- LineDirection serde roundtrips to "ltr"/"rtl"/"mixed"
- All 11 unit tests pass

Closes: pdftract-sdx9z
2026-05-24 02:54:00 -04:00
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benches feat(pdftract-3nwz): add borderless table detection benchmark 2026-05-23 22:30:06 -04:00
build feat(pdftract-43ry): implement predefined CMap registry 2026-05-23 23:00:59 -04:00
examples feat(pdftract-mcp): add MCP server implementation changes 2026-05-23 03:09:56 -04:00
proptest-regressions/parser/lexer feat(pdftract-1jjn): implement PDF numeric literal lexer with full edge case support 2026-05-23 23:17:04 -04:00
src feat(pdftract-sdx9z): implement Line struct and baseline computation 2026-05-24 02:54:00 -04:00
tests feat(pdftract-315s): implement WER CI gate and OCR CLI flags 2026-05-24 02:07:27 -04:00
__test__.pdf feat(pdftract-15pz8): implement multi-process safe cache operations 2026-05-23 05:31:11 -04:00
build.rs feat(pdftract-43ry): implement predefined CMap registry 2026-05-23 23:00:59 -04:00
Cargo.toml feat(pdftract-core): add SSRF protection (TH-05) and URL_PRIVATE_NETWORK diagnostic 2026-05-24 01:50:12 -04:00
pdftract-core.cdx.json feat(pdftract-67tm8): implement MCP stdio transport with integration tests 2026-05-23 00:16:42 -04:00
README.md docs(pdftract-49f8): establish Cargo.lock policy and documentation 2026-05-20 18:13:14 -04:00

pdftract-core

The core Rust library for PDF text extraction. This crate provides the parsing, layout analysis, font encoding recovery, and text extraction primitives used by the CLI (pdftract-cli) and Python bindings (pdftract-py).

Cargo.lock Policy

This workspace checks in Cargo.lock at the repository root. This is unconventional for library crates—the Cargo Book historically suggested that only binary crates should check in lockfiles, allowing library consumers to resolve their own dependency versions.

pdftract departs from this convention for release reproducibility:

  1. SLSA Level 3 provenance requires that every milestone tag produces byte-identical artifacts across builds. Without a checked-in lockfile, two runs of cargo build on the same commit can resolve different transitive dependency versions, producing different binary hashes.

  2. Multi-output artifacts—this workspace produces Rust crates (pdftract-core, pdftract-cli), Python wheels (pdftract-py), and Docker images. All must be built from the same dependency tree.

  3. Supply-chain security—the lockfile pins checksums for all transitive dependencies, enabling cargo audit to detect yanked or compromised crates.

  4. Downstream consumers can still ignore the lockfile if needed. Cargo allows cargo build --frozen with a local lockfile override, or consumers can vendor the crate with their own dependency resolution.

The tradeoff—occasional merge conflicts when PRs update overlapping dependencies—is worth the guarantee of reproducible releases. See CONTRIBUTING.md for the lockfile-update workflow.

Modules

  • parser: PDF spec parsing (xref, trailer, object streams, indirect references)
  • font: Font encoding recovery, glyph name lookup, fingerprinting
  • layout: Page layout analysis, region segmentation, reading order
  • extract: Text extraction with provenance (bounding boxes, confidence scores)
  • ocr: Tesseract integration for raster pages

Usage

use pdftract_core::{extract_text, ExtractOptions};

let options = ExtractOptions::default();
let result = extract_text("document.pdf", &options)?;
println!("{}", result.text);